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  Four held for posing as Finance ministry officials, duping people using forged govt documents

  India | December 13, 2022 17:44 IST

  The police also claimed to have unearthed a data sheet containing information about approximately 3,000 potential victims.

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  UPI to remain free, govt won't levy any charges for services: Finance Ministry

  Business | August 21, 2022 21:36 IST

  UPI to remain free: In a tweet, the finance ministry said: "UPI is a digital public good with immense convenience for the public and productivity gains for the economy. There is no consideration in Govt to levy any charges for UPI services."

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  Opt for cheapest fare, book at least 3 weeks in advance: Finance Ministry to govt employees

  India | June 19, 2022 12:06 IST

  Government employees are currently required to purchase air tickets only from three authorised travel agents -- Balmer Lawrie & Co, Ashok Travel & Tours and IRCTC.

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  Finance Ministry 'embarrassed' PM by putting out GST dues on day he admonished states: P Chidambaram

  India | April 28, 2022 13:03 IST

  Finance Ministry yesterday said the Centre has already released eight months of GST compensation dues to the states for fiscal ended Mar 2022 and Rs 78,704 cr is pending due to inadequate balance in the cess fund.

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  GST Council may do away with 5% rate, move items to 3% & 8% slabs

  Business | April 17, 2022 23:53 IST

  Currently, GST is a four-tier structure of 5, 12, 18 and 28 per cent. Besides, gold and gold jewellery attract 3 per cent tax. In addition, there is an exempt list of items like unbranded and unpacked food items which do not attract the levy.

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  LIC IPO: Govt may defer launch to next fiscal amid Russia-Ukraine war, say experts

  Business | March 06, 2022 11:55 IST

  The government was looking to sell 5 per cent stake in Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) this month, which could have fetched over Rs 60,000 crore to the exchequer. The IPO would have helped meet the curtailed disinvestment target of Rs 78,000 crore this fiscal.

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  India economy to grow at quickest pace among large nations: Finance Ministry report

  Business | February 16, 2022 15:48 IST

  Observing that the IMF in its January 2022 update has lowered its global growth estimate for 2022, the report said India is the only large and major country listed by the IMF whose growth projection has been revised upwards in 2022-23.   

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  Ex-FM Chidambaram calls budget speech 'most capitalist ever', says word 'poor' occured only twice

  Business | February 01, 2022 17:51 IST

  Chidambaram claimed that today's speech by Sitharaman was the 'most capitalist' speech made by any finance minister. 

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  Budget 2022: 80 lakh houses to be completed in PM Awas Yojana

  Business | February 01, 2022 16:24 IST

  On Monday, the Economic Survey highlighted that 33.99 lakh houses were completed in 2020-21 and 26.20 lakh units as of November 25, 2021 under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Gramin (PMAY-G) programme.

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  Budget 2022: Rajnath Singh welcomes announcement for defence sector

  Business | February 01, 2022 14:33 IST

  Defence Minister also welcomed FM Nirmala Sitharaman's announcement that 68 pc of the defence capital procurement budget would be allocated towards procurement from domestic industry.

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  Budget 2022: It is betrayal of salaried, middle classes, says Congress

  Business | February 01, 2022 13:44 IST

  Congress general secy and chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the salaried and the middle classes have been affected due to pay cuts and high inflation.

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  Budget 2022: Govt committed to reduce imports in defense sector, says FM Sitharaman

  Business | February 01, 2022 12:55 IST

  FM Sitharaman said that 68 pc of capital for the defence sector would be earmarked for the local industry.

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  Centre collects Rs 1,38,394-crore gross GST revenue for January 2022

  Business | February 01, 2022 10:34 IST

  Of the total revenue collected, CGST is Rs 24,674 cr, SGST is Rs 32,016 cr, IGST is Rs 72,030 cr and cess is Rs 9,674 cr.

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  Union Budget 2022: Rajya Sabha releases Code of Conduct for members

  Business | January 29, 2022 13:19 IST

  As per the statement, of the rules of procedure and conduct of business lists the members of Rajya Sabha should "acknowledge their responsibility to maintain the public trust reposed in them and should work diligently to discharge their mandate for the common good of the people."

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  No proposal to extend last date for ITR filing: Govt

  December 31, 2021 17:52 IST

  The government on Friday said there is no proposal to extend the deadline for filing income tax returns beyond its current deadline of December 31.

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  Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chairs 46th GST Council meeting

  Business | December 31, 2021 13:29 IST

  GST Council meet holds importance ahead of Union Budget which is presented on 1st day of February by Finance Minister in Parliament.

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  PM Modi meets top CEOs for budget inputs

  India | December 20, 2021 20:19 IST

  PM Modi interacted with the leading CEOs of companies across banking, infrastructure, automobiles, telecom to receive inputs and suggestions from the private sector for budget.

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  Centre releases grant of Rs 8,453.92 crore to 19 states to strengthen health systems

  India | November 13, 2021 10:04 IST

  The Dept of Expenditure, Finance Ministry has released the grant as per the recommendations of 15th Finance Commission.

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  India on way to becoming fastest growing economy in world: FinMin report

  Business | November 10, 2021 14:32 IST

  The Economic Survey 2020-21, released in January this year, had projected GDP growth of 11 per cent during the current financial year ending March 2022.

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  Finance Ministry releases Rs 44,000 Cr today to States, UTs with legislature to compensate for GST

  Business | October 28, 2021 19:12 IST

  The total amount to Rs 1.59 lakh crore was released to states and UTs this fiscal.