Tag: finance
SC To Hear PILs Challenging Electoral Bonds
The Supreme Court will hear petitions by the Association of Democratic Reforms and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) challenging amendments to various statutes through the Finance Act 2017-2018 for the issuing electoral bonds for poll funding.....
GST To Spur Assessee Base By 80%: Jaitley
The Narendra Modi government has introduced the much-needed second generation reforms with several game-changing decisions over the last five years, said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday, cheering the GST introduction, saying it will increase the assessee base in the first twenty-one months of its implementation by almost eighty percent.....
Modi Cabinet: Shah May Get Finance, Rajnath MHA, Jaishankar MEA
Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his 57-member council of ministers were sworn in by President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday, it is learnt that several of the top ministers have been given the following portfolios:....
Shah Gets Home, Rajnath Defence, Nirmala Finance
President Ram Nath Kovind as advised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday directed the allocation of portfolios among the following members of the Union Council of Ministers.....
Sitharaman 2nd Woman Finance Minister After Indira Gandhi
After being the second woman Defence Minister, the first being Indira Gandhi, Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday became the second woman to head the Finance Ministry, after the former Prime Minister. ....
Inflation Turned From Volatile To Stable In 5 Years: Economic Survey
The Economic Survey 2018-19 said that India's inflation scenario transitioned from its high and volatile levels to a low and stable condition in the last five years. ....
Cabinet May Relax FDI In Retail, Okay Ordinance To Roll Back FPI Surcharge
The Union cabinet in its meeting on Wednesday would take up proposals to relax foreign direct investment (FDI) in various sectors, including single brand retail and digital media, as announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her maiden Budget last month.....
Will Make Amendments If They Help In Better Regulation: FM
Facing flak from several quarters on the PMC Bank fraud case, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that if amendments help in better regulation, the Centre would go ahead with the required legislative procedure.....
Haryana BJP To Elect Legislature Party Leader On Saturday
A meeting of the Haryana BJP Legislature Party will be held on Saturday to elect a leader, a senior party leader said on Friday.....
EPF Scam: New Set Of Documents Spell More Trouble For Yogi Govt
The list of victims of UP Power Corporation's tainted investment in embattled housing major DHFL is growing almost daily. In a late night decision, Aparna, Managing Director of UP Power Corporation, was removed. Senior IAS officer M. Devraj would be the new Power Secretary in the state.....
