Foreign investors selling Indian equities due to ‘profit booking’: Nirmala Sitharaman
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Monday said the foreign institutional investors (FII) are selling Indian equities lately due to the profit booking.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Monday said the foreign institutional investors (FII) are selling Indian equities lately due to the profit booking.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday informed the Rajya Sabha that indirect tax under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) has significantly reduced over the years since its implementation.
In a significant move during her Union Budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has allocated Rs 6.81 lakh crore to the defence sector for FY25, marking a modest increase from last year’s allocation of Rs 6.21 lakh crore. This reflects the government’s unwavering focus on fortifying India’s defence capabilities.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced changes in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) laws under the Union Budget 2025-26 in a bid to ensure trade facilitation.
The state finance minister Chandrima Bhattacharya will present the budget on 12 February after the Budget Session will commence on 10 February.
The enabling provisions must be written in plain language without allowing overzealous draftsmen to overwhelm the intention of openness by clouds of confusion.
Sitharaman will soon hold a review meeting with CEOs of public sector banks (PSBs), which was postponed on Monday.
The council decided to extend the due date for the filing of annual return for financial year 2018-19 to June 30.
The AAP leader discusses central funds, central tax share for the development of national capital with Sitharaman.
This is the right time for the Chief of Defence Staff to intervene and fight for the modernisation of the armed forces lest we are again caught with our pants down as in 1962. The defence strategists have failed to analyse as to why the Modi government is not giving priority to defence modernisation when a severe threat from our adversaries is lurking. Pakistan's defence budget is about 3.5 per cent of GDP whereas China's is about 4 per cent of GDP. India's budget should at least be about 3 per cent of GDP if not more, notwithstanding the economic slowdown
