Amid the approaching April 2 deadline for the reciprocal tariffs initiated by President Donald Trump, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday that the government was closely watching the ongoing trade negotiations with the United States.
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 in her budget speech said the government is determined to ensure that the regulations must keep up with technological innovations and global policy developments.
Both sides discussed issues related to private capital participation in Global Public Goods, Energy security, and Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) reforms.
At a meeting conducted to review the performance of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) on Monday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman discussed a range of issues including financial parameters, deposit mobilisation, digital payments and cyber security framework.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman said on Friday that just like in the past, all states have been allocated funds in the Union Budget 2024-25, and no state has been denied anything.
Can only say the intention is to make the tax regime simpler, she said. "Can't say if there will be a sunset on the old regime."
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman said on Monday that India has fared relatively well compared with other countries as far as the government debt to GDP ratio is concerned and the country is the third least indebted nation among low- and middle-income countries.
The Central government has clarified to the states that the goods and services tax (GST) on online gaming companies is not being levied retrospectively since some online games involved in betting were already being charged a 28 per cent GST under the law earlier.
In the video conference, the minister also directed the participants to try meeting the credit requirements of other businesses.
