Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while presenting the Union Budget 2025-26, detailed the roadmap for India's continued economic expansion, placing emphasis on agriculture, micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), investment, and exports.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday leaves from North Block for Rashtrapati Bhavan carrying her trademark 'bahi-khata', a tablet wrapped in a red-coloured cloth with a golden-coloured national emblem embossed on it.
She was replying to a day-long discussion on the Modi Government’s White Paper on the economy in the Lok Sabha.
Retail inflation in India, though, is in the RBI's 2-6 per cent comfort level but is above the ideal 4 per cent scenario. In December, the retail inflation was 5.69 per cent
In his letter, Balagopal cited a communication from the Under Secretary, State Taxes Division, Central Department of Revenue, to the Central Accounting Authority of the GST, stating that an amount of approximately Rs 332 crore was deducted towards 'adjustment of advance apportionment to make up the shortfall in IGST balance.'
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Friday on the sidelines of the G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday accused the Congress of inviting "foreign powers" to interfere in the country's internal affairs.
As per the records, about 26 Bills are currently pending in the Rajya Sabha and close to nine in the Lok Sabha for passage.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday chaired the 49th meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
Sitharaman said under India's Presidency, G20 members are working together to bring a collective standard operating procedure on it.
