Tag: Nirmala Sitharaman
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Modi 3.0 Cabinet Update: Continuity and Charges in Key Portfolios
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new cabinet, dubbed with Modi 3.0, has taken shape, bolstering stability in key ministries while introducing new faces in several others. On Sunday June 9, Modi along with 30 Cabinet Ministers, 5 Ministers of State with Independent Charge and 36 Ministers of State took the oath, marking the beginning of the ... -
Sitharaman opts out of elections due to financial constraints
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s later disclosure with respect to her choice to reject the BJP’s offer to contest elections has started critical discourse inside political circles. Sitharaman candidly revealed that she turned down the opportunity due to budgetary imperatives. In spite of being drawn closer by BJP President J P Nadda with the choice to ... -
GST Council To Finalize 28% Tax On Online Gaming And Casinos
The 51st GST Council meeting will be presided over by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman by videoconference on Wednesday, August 2, at 4 p.m. The GST Council is expected to decide during the meeting how to calculate the supply value in online gaming and gambling in order to impose a 28 percent tax. The meeting ... -
FM Nirmala Sitharaman On 2-Day Visit To Japan For Crucial G7 Meeting
FM Nirmala Sitharaman will participate in a roundtable meeting with business leaders & investors, a directive to the importance of economic diplomacy. Nirmala Sitharaman, the Finance Minister of India, is in Niigata, Japan, for a two-day official tour. On May 12 (Friday), she will participate in a ‘dialogue with associate countries’ in the island nation. ... -
Global Consensus Require For Crypto Assets Regulation: Finance Minister
India’s FM Sitharaman has called for global consensus to regulate crypto assets. She said that each regulation requires the consent of every country to be effective. India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has stated that global consensus is necessary to regulate crypto assets effectively. Speaking at an event in Bengaluru, Sitharaman stated that India had included ... -
IMF-WB Meeting: FM Sitharaman Discuss With Gita Gopinath
FM Sitharaman and IMF Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath have discussed the various issues related to the Indian & global economy amidst the COVID pandemic. The Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met with Gita Gopinath, the First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), on Tuesday to address debt risks and other matters. ... -
FM Nirmala Sitharaman To Attend World Bank-IMF Spring Meet 2023
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will attend the 2023 Springs Meetings of the World Bank, IMF & other G20 meetings. She will also co-chair the G20 FMCBG meet. Nirmala Sitharaman, the Union Finance Minister, will be in Washington, D.C. on Monday for the 2023 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group, the International Monetary Fund, and ... -
Economists suggest PM Modi for economic reforms: privatisation, banks recapitalising, tariff reduction
Economists suggest PM Modi: On Friday, India’s top economists in a meeting with PM Narendra Modi suggested him to incorporate few economic reforms in order to put the economy back on the path of growth. The virtual meeting was held weeks ahead of the annual budget submission, scheduled for February 1. It was attended by ... -
Implement the interest waiver on interest scheme by November 5, RBI tells lenders
On Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of India has asked all lending institutions to ensure that interest waiver scheme on interest on loans up to INR 2 crore for six months moratorium period is brought into effect by November 5. This is in line with the government’s decision which also includes non-banking financial institutions. The government ... -
Free COVID-19 vaccine for all in Tamil Nadu: CM Palaniswami
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Thursday announced free COVID-19 vaccine for everyone in the state once it is approved for mass production, hours after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) promised free Coronavirus vaccination for all in Bihar in its election manifesto ahead of the upcoming assembly polls. Palaniswami’s promise for free COVID-19 ...