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FM Sitharaman holds discussions with Singapore, Canada counterparts
Various issues, including economy, health and opportunities for collaboration were discussed
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Shaktikanta Das 2.0: Lifting the skills of RBI staff to be the real legacy
Making RBI's professional skills comparable to the best in the world will not be easy because those who have to be supervised the most - the PSBs - are owned by the govt, which also owns the RBI
Sitharaman to attend G-20 joint finance, health ministers meet in Rome
The Union Finance Minister will attend the G-20 joint Finance and Health Ministers meeting in Rome
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Stimulus package and reforms have put economy on track: FM Sitharaman
She took part in the annual meeting of the board of governors of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) via video conference
FM asks civil aviation ministry, DoT to expedite capital expenditure
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday reviewed the progress of capital expenditure by the civil aviation ministry and the telecom department and asked them to expedite projects
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FM holds meeting with UK Foreign Secy, discussed ways to enhance biz ties
Both discussed possibility of collaboration on green hydrogen to harness the natural synergies in this area between India and EU
Can't guarantee India's concerns will be addressed, says WTO D-G
But assures the long-standing issue of farm, fisheries subsidies will be heard at ministerial
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India pushing to get LIC IPO done on time: FM Sitharaman
Finance Minister announced plans to sell shares in the insurer in February 2020, but pandemic slowed the process
Top headlines: NCLT setback for Amazon; WHO seeks more info for Covaxin
Business Standard brings you the top stories from today
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Supply chains for vaccine raw materials must be kept open: Sitharaman
Nirmala Sitharaman has highlighted the need of an international financial architecture to fight the pandemic and stressed on the need to keep the supply chains open for vaccine raw materials.
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India in no hurry to unwind stimulus but oil a worry, says Sitharaman
Rising crude oil prices are emerging as a huge challenge and the uncertainty could upend some of her plans to get the economy back on track, she said
Opportunities galore in India amid current reset in global supply chain: FM
India has fully leveraged the potential of digitisation even during the most challenging times, the finance minister said
India's economic reforms seen as "positive step" by Biden admin: Sitharaman
"The reforms that we have undertaken, particularly the steps taken for the withdrawal of the retrospective tax has been mentioned by the United States administration as a very positive step," she said
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FM discusses post-pandemic recovery, other issues with World Bank chief
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman discussed the post-pandemic economic recovery and preparations for the upcoming Climate Change Conference among other issues with World Bank President David Malpass
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Climate financing continues to be an area of worry, says Sitharaman
India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman here said climate financing continues to be an area of worry as she flagged concerns over funding mechanism and technology transfer
Biden admin, US companies welcomed economic reforms by India: Sitharaman
India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman here said the Biden Administration and leaders from the corporate sector in the US have welcomed recent economic reforms introduced by her government.
Too early to conclude on lessons learnt from Covid-19 crisis: Sitharaman
It is too early to conclude on the lessons that India learnt from the Covid-19 crisis, Sitharaman said as she stressed that the world is not going to be the same post-pandemic
FM Nirmala Sitharaman meets top WTO official amid push for vax IPR waiver
The meeting between Sitharaman and Iweala took place on the sidelines of the World Bank and IMF annual meetings
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Sitharaman, Yellen discuss money laundering, combating terror funding
Nirmala Sitharaman and her American counterpart Janet Yellen on Thursday discussed among other issues fighting illicit finance, money laundering and combating terrorism financing
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India likely to do better than its Paris agreement targets: FM tells IMF
India is all set to meet its Paris climate agreement target to reduce emissions by 33-35 per cent of its GDP by 2030 from the 2005 level, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has told the IMF