Nirmala Sitharaman

New Delhi: Odisha’s Biju Janata Dal MPs again met the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and requested to release to Odisha the pending basic and performance grants in respect of 114 ULBs arising out of 14th Finance Commission…

New Delhi: Biju Janata Dal MPs Prasanna Acharya, Achyuta Samanta, Amar Patnaik and Sasmit Patra today met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Parliament and sought her intervention in releasing the funds blocked in Yes Bank by…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari today requested to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to issue necessary instruction to the Reserve Bank of India to allow release of Rs. 545 crore deposited by Shree Jagannath…

New Delhi: A day after RBI put a cap on withdrawal from Yes Bank and suspended its board for a period of 30 days, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman assured depositors that there will be no loss to any Yes Bank depositor. Meanwhile…

New Delhi : As expected the finance minier Nirmala Seetharaman today given a big tax relief for lower and middle-income groups. Except for those earning above Rs 15 lakhs a year, the tax burden has come down considerably. This will be a…

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the Center will complete the strategic disinvestment in Air India and BPCL by March 2020. With this, the center is hoping to achieve its One Lakh Crore disinvestment target for…

New Delhi: In a major relief to the corporate sector, the government of India has slashed the Corporate Tax for Domestic Companies to 25.17 percent from the existing 30 percent. Finance Minister Sitharaman has announced that a domestic…

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will hold a review meeting with public sector banks (PSBs) today to discuss a range of issues, including follow up on transmission of monetary policy rates. Besides, doorstep banking…

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced a new scheme -- Remission of Duties or Taxes on Export Product (RoDTEP) -- to incentivise exporters at an estimated cost of Rs 50,000 crore to the exchequer. The…

New Delhi: Even as the Union Government has made a series of announcements that include relaxing foreign investment norms,  concessions on vehicle purchases and encouraged banks to make loans cheaper to spur growth  and recovery of economy,…