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 budget proposal to remove dividend distribution tax (DDT) has not only addressed the issue of inequity in dividend taxation but has also given relief to non-residents, said a Finance Ministry official. ...
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the government has been very transparent in setting the new fiscal deficit target, which has been pegged at 3.5 per cent for the next financial year beginning April 1. ...
Former Union Finance Minister P.Chidambaram on Monday said the government should have reworked its expenditure pattern so that money flows into hands of the people early to improve demand. ...
Fitch Ratings on Monday said that the current year's fiscal slippage announced in the governments new 2020-21 budget was modest relative to its previous targets. ...
The Government has provided sufficient grounds to use the 'escape clause' in the FRBM Act and it does not foresee any hardening of bond yields and Foreign Portfolio investors not investing in India, Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) Secretary Atan ...
Shiv Sena, through its mouthpiece Saamana, said that centre is making an attempt to promote privatisation by announcing the disinvestment of the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) and IDBI Bank. ...
Congress leader Anand Sharma on Sunday hit out at the BJP government over the economy saying that there was no roadmap for economic recovery and job creation in the Union Budget that was presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament. ...
