Budget 2023: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the first budget of the 'Amrit Kal'. The Union budget includes hiring 38,800 teachers and support staff for Ekalavya Model Residential Schools.
Lok Sabha witnessed dramatic 'Pappu' arguments between TMC MP Mahua Moitra and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over Indian economy.
Nirmala Sitharaman had rebutted a tweet by former finance minister P Chidambaram that the government burdened the people with huge fuel tax.
The meeting comes in the backdrop of strong economic recovery post the 2 COVID waves, and push by central govt to increase capital expenditure.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressed the media to announce the fifth and the final tranche of the stimulus package worth Rs 20 lakh crore declared by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday. In the last 4 days, the finance minister has announced a series of initiatives taken by the government to ease the path ahead as country reels from the coronavirus pandemic.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said the idea behind introducing second alternative tax slabs sans exemptions is to take the country towards "a simplified, exemption-free and reduced rate of tax regime.
"What is the problem in the country today? Poor demand. Supply is not the problem. But what did she do? She relaxes taxes for corporates. Corporates are flushed with supply. They will just use it," Swamy said.
Following are the top business stories of Friday, August 23. Nirmala Sitharaman's much-awaited announcement on FPI surcharge is finally here along with some good news for Auto sector that was witnessing its worst crisis in decades. IndiaTvNews.com brings to you the business news round-up of the day.
A defence spokesman said there was no report of ceasefire violation by Pakistan anywhere along the LoC in Jammu province, especially in the worst-hit Rajouri and Poonch districts since Wednesday afternoon.
It will be for the first time since Independence that India and Pakistan will both be part of a military exercise, though the armies of the two nations have worked together in UN peace keeping missions, they said.
SCO Foreign and Defence Ministers meetings are scheduled on the same day on April 24 and almost around the same time, according to officials.
US Defence Secretary James Mattis, who arrived in New Delhi late Monday for a two-day visit to India, will today meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today dismissed as "factually wrong" a CAG report which had stated that the defence forces had ammunition that could last for 20 days in the event of a war
New Delhi: With four days to go for the Delhi Assembly polls, the war of words between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Aam Aadmi party reached a pinnacle when Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman reacted
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