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.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday urged states that there should be no politicisation of economic development and that they should all work collectively as Team India to iron out the issues in developing industrial corridors.
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ordered that elections to the two provincial assemblies be held later this month, but this seems unlikely in the present circumstances, with the government arguing it does not have the funds to conduct elections and security agencies claiming they are not in a position to assist the process.
Bharatiya Janata Party Tamil Nadu chief K Annamalai recently released another audio tape purportedly of state Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan accusing Chief Minister MK Stalin's family of "corruption".
The Consumer Online Foundation has written to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to investigate the business activities of company Rario and its compliance with Indian taxation laws with respect to virtual digital assets and crypto currency and anti-money-laundering (AML) laws.
But the real character of the government got exposed with the budget allocation of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, said Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva.
