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
About a dozen companies, including technology major Infosys, which have active buyback programmes would benefit from the government's decision to not levy 20 per cent buyback tax imposed in this year's Budget. ...
People at Basera Khurd village in Chhattisgarh's Balrampur are forced to defecate in the open as toilets approved under a government scheme have not yet been built in the region. ...
Hit hard by a slowing economy and a brewing global oil crisis, the government on Friday announced a series of tax incentives to boost the industry and restart investment. ...
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday reviewed the performance of the banks in a meeting with the top management of public sector bank. ...
Setting the ball rolling for disinvestment of debt-ridden Air India, the Group of Ministers (GoM) led by Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday discussed issues related to sale of the national carrier and decided to expedite the process. ...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday strongly retorted a sarcastic comment from Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar Shaw on her presence on a cabinet decision (on e-cigarettes) that was not related to the Finance Ministry. ...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday defended her decision to ban e-cigarettes after Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw questioned her authority to issue the ban. ...