Finance Ministry to hold meeting of heads of banks on Wednesday
The Finance Ministry is set to review the development of variousfinancial inclusion schemes as it has called a meeting of heads of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) on Wednesday.
The Finance Ministry is set to review the development of variousfinancial inclusion schemes as it has called a meeting of heads of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) on Wednesday.
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has suggested a seven-point agenda to the Finance Ministry for the Union Budget-2025.
The Finance Ministry said that the government will continue its focus on improving quality spending, strengthening the social security net and bringing down the fiscal deficit to 4.5 per cent of the GDP in FY26.
Sufficient food grain buffer stock and optimism for a healthy kharif harvest are likely to alleviate price pressures, a recent report by finance ministry said.
Furthermore, during the past 5 months (April-August) of the current financial year 2024-25, the transaction volume has reached to 8,659 crore, it added.
The growth will be riding on the strength of its financial sector and other recent and future structural reforms and can aspire to become a $7 trillion economy by 2030.
It also told the information technology ministry to block their URLs for operating illegally in the country without complying with the local money laundering laws.
Amid drop in exports and imports, Japan recorded $6.3 biliion trade deficit in August, the government said in a report…
The Finance Ministry has said over 8.75 lakh Hindu Undivided Families (HUFs) have filed Income Tax Returns (ITRs) and claimed deductions worth Rs 3,803 crore during 2022-23.
The Finance Ministry on Friday evening clarified that the securities transaction tax (STT) on options trading has been hiked by 25 per cent from 0.05 per cent to 0.0625 per cent, and not from 0.017 per cent to 0.021 per cent, saying that it was a typographical error and the rectification will be done in accordance with the extent procedure of the government.
