Nirmala Sitharaman is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party, serving as the Minister of Defence of India since 2017 and has served as Member of the Rajya Sabha, upper house of the Indian Parliament, since 2016. Read More
The new Budget proposal of taxing income distributed by asset managers to unit holders if such transfers are more than Rs 5,000 in a financial year may not make returns mutual fund schemes less attractive as government has clarified that additional t ...
Mutual funds will have to deduct TDS at 10 per cent only on dividend payments and not on the income which is in the nature of capital gains, according to the clarification by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on Tuesday. ...
Taking a dig at the Centre's BJP government and its handling of various issues over the last six years, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said that government schemes should be named "Sit-down India", "Shut-down India" and "Shut-up India", in ...
Taking a jibe at the Central government over Budget 2020-21, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday claimed Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had not even mentioned once the issue of unemployment during her three-hour-long budget speech. ...
Following the announcement of disinvestment of LIC by Union Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman during the budget session, the employees of LIC are staging protests in different states of the country. ...
The Reserve Bank of India's six-member interest rate panel started its three-day meeting on Tuesday amidst Union Budget projecting a higher fiscal deficit, slowing growth and rising inflation. ...
Individuals about to retire and part of the high salary bracket will have to pay income tax on employers contribution under the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF), National Pension System (NPS) and superannuation fund. ...
