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  Govt has little room for tax concessions, says Sinha

  March 04, 2015 23:40 IST

  New Delhi: Government has very little room for tax concessions as India's tax-to-GDP ratio is very low in comparison to global average, Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha said today.“Our tax-to-GDP ratio is simply

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  RBI rate cut to give boost to economy, EMIs to come down: Govt

  March 04, 2015 13:05 IST

  New Delhi: Expecting a near-term boost to economy from RBI's rate cut, Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha today said the decision should bring down the loan EMIs significantly and there is room for

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  Rate cut to give boost to economy; EMIs to come down: Jayant Sinha

  March 04, 2015 11:48 IST

  New Delhi: Expecting a near-term boost to economy from RBI's rate cut, Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha today said the decision should bring down the loan EMIs significantly and there is room for

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  One-time short window for declaring assets abroad: Revenue Secretary

  March 03, 2015 19:52 IST

  New Delhi: The government will give a one-time ‘short window' to holders of blackmoney abroad to declare their wealth, pay taxes and penalty and escape prosecution under the proposed stringent law to deal with the

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  Budget creates favourable condition for RBI to cut interest rate: Jayant Sinha

  March 02, 2015 12:20 IST

  New Delhi: MoS for Finance Jayant Sinha has said that the Budget 2015-16 has created favorable conditions for Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to cut interest rate."We have actually put in place the conditions for

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  India expresses concern over monetary policies of advanced economies.

  February 11, 2015 21:58 IST

  The finance ministry in a statement on Wednesday said, India has urged the G-20 nations to put in place an effective mechanism to deal with negative spillovers of unconventional monetary policies pursued by advanced economies.India

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  India to be a $4-5 trillion economy in 10-12 years: Jayant Sinha

  January 30, 2015 13:28 IST

  New Delhi:  Stating its great time to invest in India, Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha today said the Indian economy has potential to become a $4-5 trillion economy in the next 10-12 years."You

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  Government committed to fiscal consolidation: Jayant Sinha

  January 03, 2015 15:06 IST

  New Delhi: Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha today said the government is committed to fiscal consolidation but hinted that it may not resort to massive expenditure cuts."We're very confident of our fiscal consolidation

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  Government may opt for ordinance to push coal, insurance reforms

  Politics | December 24, 2014 18:09 IST

  New Delhi: Government may adopt the ordinance route to push reforms in insurance and coal sectors as relevant bills could not be taken up in the Rajya Sabha, whose functioning was paralysed in the just-concluded

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  Jharkhand Polls: BJP will form stable government in the state, says Jayant Sinha

  Politics | December 23, 2014 16:08 IST

  New Delhi: Union Minister Jayant Sinha today expressed confidence that BJP would form a stable government in Jharkhand and dismissed speculation that he was in the race for chief minister's post.“I am very busy in

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  No roll-back of excise duty hike on diesel, petrol: Jayant Sinha

  Politics | December 16, 2014 16:40 IST

  New Delhi:  The government today said it has no plans to roll-back the recent hike in excise duty on diesel and petrol. “No, Sir,” Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha said in a written

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  Centre, States break deadlock on GST; Bill in current session

  Politics | December 16, 2014 10:08 IST

  New Delhi: In a last minute compromise deal, the Centre on Monday night decided to keep petroleum out of Goods and Services Tax (GST) in return for states agreeing to entry tax being subsumed in

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  No proposal for e-commerce regulatory framework: Jayant Sinha

  December 14, 2014 11:35 IST

  New Delhi: Though the sector is booming yet the government at present does not have any proposal for a separate regulatory framework for e-commerce under consideration, Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha informed the

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  Jaitley to meet state finance ministers today on GST

  December 11, 2014 8:49 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will today meet his counterparts to discuss challenges related to Goods and Services Tax (GST).In this meeting Jaitley will discuss some of the challenges that the states see at

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  Checks are in place to prevent illicit fund flows: Jayant Sinha

  Politics | November 28, 2014 21:03 IST

  New Delhi: To prevent illicit money flows into capital markets, authorities have put in place advanced risk management mechanism and other systems, the government said today.Besides, market regulator SEBI has warned stock exchanges regarding probable

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  Coal blocks cancellation: Public sector banks may take a hit of Rs 96,000 crore

  November 26, 2014 7:56 IST

  New Delhi: Public sector banks may take a hit of Rs 96,484 crore due to cancellation of coal blocks to power projects, Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha said.The Supreme Court had in September

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  Arun Jaitley to re-launch Kisan Vikas Patra today

  November 18, 2014 9:29 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will relaunch Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) today in the presence of Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister of Communication and IT and Jayant Sinha, Minister of State for Finance among

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  Jayant Sinha takes charge as MoS in Finance Ministry

  November 10, 2014 11:24 IST

  New Delhi: IIT-Delhi and Harvard Business School alumnus Jayant Sinha today took charge as Minister of State in the Finance Ministry.Sinha was briefed by senior officials in the Ministry soon after taking charge. He assumes

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  Jayant Sinha: From IIT to Harvard to Modi's ministry

  Politics | November 09, 2014 16:54 IST

  New Delhi: He went to IIT Delhi and came out with flying colours, and from there he went to the Harvard Business school to enter the corporate world.Today, Jayant Sinha, son of BJP veteran and