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Centre working with states to protect lives, livelihood: FM Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said that the Centre is working together with states to protect lives and livelihoods.
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Govt working to save lives, livelihood: Sitharaman tells business leaders
Sitharaman last week said the government would not go for lockdowns in a big way and only resort to local containment
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Govt not going for lockdowns in big way, says Sitharaman amid Covid-19 wave
Amid surging coronavirus cases in India, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday made it clear that the government would not go for lockdowns in a big way and only resort to local containment
Negotiations on India-EU trade deal to resume next month: FM Sitharaman
Sitharaman on Tuesday said resumption of formal negotiations on India-EU trade deal during the leadership summit next month would help further strengthen ties
FM reviews Covid-19 vaccine progress in finance, corp affairs ministries
In keeping with Covid-19 safety protocols, the interactions were held virtually in six separate batches
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FM urges World Bank to sustain crisis response to mitigate Covid-19 impact
Sitharaman informed that the government has announced Aatmanirbhar packages of Rs 27.1 lakh crore, amounting to more than 13 per cent of the GDP
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FM backs IMF view on pandemic, urges universal applicability of Covid jabs
Says burden of economic transformation to a low carbon world is disproportionately higher for emerging market, developing and low-income economies
FM calls for greater coordination among BRICS on IMF's quota review
India on Tuesday pitched for greater coordination among BRICS nations on the issue of the 16th general review of quotas of the International Monetary Fund to give more say to developing countries.
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India hosts summit of BRICS Finance Ministers, central bank heads virtually
In separate meeting with Kerry, FM emphasises on increasing fund flows from developed to developing nations to battle climate change
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FinMin confident of combating downside risk amid rising Covid-19 cases
The ministry's Economic Affairs Department, in its monthly report, said the capital expenditure (capex) cycle was in motion, and its signs would be seen in the second half of the year
'Was an oversight': Govt drops reduction in interest rates on small savings
Government had announced a cut in small savings rates by 50-100 basis points for the first quarter of the new financial year.
Rate cut on small savings: Elections, WEF report linked to fastest recall
West Bengal leads the annual state wise table of contribution to small savings at 15.09 per cent. For the year FY18, Tamil Nadu is fifth in the small savings pecking order at 4.8 per cent
 "Rate cut on small savings: Elections, WEF report linked to fastest recall")
The bare necessities for India
The latest Economic Survey has presented an interesting new index called the Bare Necessities Index. The BNI Index covers five areas that impact the daily lives of a bottom-of-the-pyramid householder
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Shades of status quo
Reversal of interest rate cut should have been avoided
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U-turn on interest rate order oversight or poll-driven hindsight: Congress
The Congress hit out at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday after she announced withdrawal of the interest rate-slashing order
Salary income of Indian workers in Gulf exempt from income tax: Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said salary income earned by non-resident Indians in Gulf countries would continue to be exempt from tax in India.
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Rate reversal: West Bengal contributes most to National Small Saving Fund
In 2017-18, West Bengal accounted for 15 per cent of the total contributions made to the NSSF; its share increased from 12.4 per cent in 2007-08
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Gehlot targets govt for flip-flop over rates on small savings scheme
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday asked Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to explain to the nation the flip-flop over interest rates on small saving schemes
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Are you running 'circus' or govt: Cong to FM on small savings scheme news
The opposition party also said Sitharaman had no moral right to continue as the finance minister
 "Are you running 'circus' or govt: Cong to FM on small savings scheme news")
Economy since 2009: Fact and Fiction?
While many contemporary economists seem to have lost interest in economic history altogether, those born before 1980 have turned most unbecomingly partisan
