Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman

The GST Council, headed by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, held its 50th meeting on Tuesday, and came up with several key decisions. One such decision was a clarification regarding the tax on food served in cinema halls, which…

As the Goods and Services Tax (GST) marks sixth anniversary on Saturday, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman slammed critics dubbing it as the “Gabbar Singh Tax”. Terming the jibe ‘shameful’, the minister said GST actually provided…

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to meet managing directors of public sector banks (PSBs) on March 25 for performance review in the backdrop of failure of few banks in the US and liquidity crisis faced by Credit Suisse.…

The government is not in a "crazy rush" to sell everything and it will continue to have a presence in four strategic sectors, including telecom, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday. In strategic sectors, a bare minimum…

The finance ministry has called a meeting of heads of public sector banks and top four private sector lenders to review the progress of the emergency credit line guarantee scheme (ECLGS) to help businesses affected by COVID-19.The meeting…

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday backed the Budget 2023-24 during a general discussion in Lok Sabha and claimed the budget astutely balances the requirement for India's development imperatives within the limit of fiscal…

PTI | | Posted by Ritu Maria Johny Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said growth is the main focus of the budget for FY24 presented by her recently.The budget proposals establish both fiscal consolidation and…

<!-- -->FM outlines steps to check operations of illegal loan appsNew Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has discussed various issues related to illegal loan apps in a meeting and decided to take a host of measures to check…

<!-- -->Details of the agenda for the GST Council Meeting in Chandigarh todayThe two-day 47th GST (Goods and Services Tax) Council meeting, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman, which started in Chandigarh today, is…

<!-- -->India Structural Reforms: Nirmala Sitharaman had a bilateral meeting with the IMF Managing Director.Washington: Even while the world faces economic challenges in the face of various waves of COVID-19 pandemic, the…