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Finmin asks banks to explore employment opportunities for 'Agniveers'
The finance ministry on Thursday held a meeting with heads of public sector banks and financial institutions to explore employment opportunities for 'Agniveers' in their respective organisations
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47th meeting of GST Council to be held on June 28-29 in Srinagar: FinMin
The meeting assumes significance as it is expected to discuss the report of the panel of state ministers on rate rationalisation and also the tax rate on casinos, race courses and online gaming
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Extend GST compensation to states for next 3-5 yrs: Amit Mitra urges FM
Ex-West Bengal minister Amit Mitra has written to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, urging her to continue with the GST compensation to states for another 3-5 years after this month
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Extend GST compensation to states by 3-5 yrs more: Amit Mitra to Sitharaman
Unforeseen battle against pandemic has put states' fiscal health under huge stress, he says in letter to FM
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Make nomination the third route of succession
Even in an august gathering such as the one at Vigyan Bhavan, the percentage of people who had made their Will would be in the low double-digit
FinMin issues draft SoP for e-com jewellery exports via courier route
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had in the 2022-23 Budget announced implementation of a simplified regulatory framework to facilitate export of jewellery through e-commerce
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RS poll: Top guns Sitharaman, Surjewala, Raut elected, BJP wins big
This poll results has given an edge to the BJP, amid the fight for "secular votes" between the Congress and JD(S)
Divestment not to shut down PSEs but prime them up: FM Sitharaman
So far in the current fiscal year, the government has mopped up over Rs 24,000 crore from CPSE disinvestment
Strategic PSUs should look to scale up, boost efficiency: FM Sitharaman
The minister said strategic sectors had been identified based on national interest, and the government would continue to have its presence in these sectors
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Nirmala Sitharaman launches EASE 5.0 'Common reforms agenda' for PSBs
Enhanced Access and Service Excellence-EASE on Wednesday has evolved over four annual editions from FY19 to FY22 and has catalyzed reforms in diverse areas in Public Sector Banks
Enabling policies, proactive steps helped deal with pandemic: FM Sitharaman
She said over the past two years,retail investors have found online means to access the stock market and Sebi has a role to play in investor education
FM Sitharaman wishes Sebi chairperson speedy recovery from Covid-19
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday wished Sebi chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch a speedy recovery from Covid.
Govt policies, proactive steps helped India deal with Covid: FM Sitharaman
Enabling policies and proactive steps taken by the government, including tax cuts helped the country deal with the unprecedented situation arising due to the pandemic, said FM Sitharaman
Regulators must be a step ahead on digitisation: FM Nirmala Sitharaman
Says retail investors seemed to act as 'shock absorbers' amid volatility
Two records and a turn
The finance minister's ability to effect a steady rise in capex is more significant than her two records on deficit management
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LIVE: 'I respect party's decision,' says Nupur Sharma on BJP suspending her
I have grown up in the organisation, respect and accept its decision, says Nupur Sharma on her suspension from BJP
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Retail investors acting like shock absorbers in stock market: Sitharaman
Amid continuing volatility in the stock market, FM Nirmala Sitharaman said retail investors seem to act as shock absorbers even when foreign portfolio investors went away
Regulators should be well advanced to deal with digitisation: FM Sitharaman
Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said regulators and other entities should be well advanced and ahead of the curve in understanding digitisation to ensure that there is no misuse of technologies
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India's economic growth to be supported by fiscal spending: FM Sitharaman
The government has proposed to significantly step up the public investment by raising capital expenditure by 35.4 per cent to Rs 7.5 lakh crore or 2.9 per cent of the GDP in the current financial year
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Need to make our banks key part of global trade: PM Narendra Modi
Modi said India has developed various financial inclusion platforms and there is a need to create awareness about them for their optimum utilisation
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