Shafaqna India: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is poised to depart from the tradition of allocating substantial funds to new welfare programs in the budget preceding a general election. Instead,…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
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The Union Budget, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman this week, is insensitive to the call of the Prime Minister of “Sab ka Vikas” as it has reduced allocation for…
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India’s government on Wednesday unveiled one of its biggest jumps in capital spending in the past decade in its budget for the coming year and said the fiscal deficit would fall, as…
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India proposed on Wednesday 5.94 trillion rupees ($72.6 billion) in defense spending for the 2023-24 financial year, 13 percent up from the previous period’s initial estimates, aiming to add more…
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Monday with symptoms of viral fever and is recovering, sources said. The 63-year-old…
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Trade unions have urged Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to take measures in the forthcoming Union budget so that the economy can be revitalised. In a letter to her, 10 major…
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said nearly 60 per cent of all the vaccines used in the world are produced in India and over the decades, the country has…
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After buying discounted oil from Russia, the Indian government on Saturday announced a reduction in petrol and diesel prices and also announced a subsidy on gas cylinders, Indian media reported.…
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India has finally decided to move towards regulating cryptocurrencies, something that was vehemently opposed by the Reserve Bank of India. There are some caveats, however. While announcing the annual Union…
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After Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman did not announce any tax relief in the Budget for the year 2022-23, the Congress on Tuesday slammed the government for betraying the middle and…
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Hours after Modi government banned Malayalam news channel MediaOne TV citing “security reasons”, a single-judge bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday stayed the order of the Information &…
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While the Indian government is scheduled to introduce the Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill 2021 during the ongoing session of Parliament, the Kotak Mahindra Bank has decided…
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While the Indian government is scheduled to introduce the Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill 2021 during the ongoing session of Parliament, the Kotak Mahindra Bank has decided…
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The government on Tuesday asked Infosys to immediately resolve glitches arising in the e-filing portal launched last night for income taxpayers. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman personally intervened after several taxpayers…
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said GST exemption to domestic supplies and commercial import of COVID drugs, vaccines and oxygen concentrators would make these items costlier for consumers as…