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Govt plans steps to improve economy 'fairly quickly': Nirmala Sitharaman
The government has been meeting industry executives and will take steps to address the challenges facing the economy after a series of meetings this week
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From price hikes to tax sops: How Union Budget 2019 will impact you
While fuel and gold are set to get more expensive, the Budget proposes tax sops on affordable housing and electric vehicle loans
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Tax administration to be both strict and liberal
It is quite often that officers of the department are either too strict or too liberal irrespective of whether taxpayers are evaders or complainant
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Good for tenants and owners: Model Tenancy Act takes checks most boxes
Sitharaman had also highlighted that the current rental laws are archaic, as they do not address the relationship between the lessor and the lessee realistically and fairly
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Housing finance companies get Rs 10,000-crore liquidity infusion
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will meet heads of state-owned and private banks on Monday to discuss the ongoing liquidity crisis in NBFCs
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Top events today: FM meets PSU bank CEOs, consular access to Jadhav & more
From FM Sitharaman's meeting with CEOs of public sector banks to SC hearing Jaypee plea against NCLT order, Business Standard brings you top events of the day
CCD crisis: Business failures should not be taboo, says Nirmala Sitharaman
Parliament approves changes in IBC, providing greater clarity over distribution of proceeds of auction of loan-defaulting companies
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Business failures shouldn't be a taboo: Sitharaman on CCD founder's death
Sitharaman said that businessmen should get honourable exit or resolution to the problem in letter and spirit of the IBC
FM to meet CEOs of PSU banks to discuss ways of increasing credit growth
According to sources, the meeting will also review progress of resolution of NPAs under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
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Why keep changing features of currency notes, coins, Bombay HC asks RBI
The court added that no other country in the world keeps changing size and features of their currency notes so often
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FM Sitharaman to meet PSU bank CEOs on Friday to take stock of sector
The meeting assumes significance as it will be the first after the Narendra Modi government returned to power in May this year
IBC Bill won't encroach on SC domain, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman
The amendments are largely to clear the Code's legislative intent, says Nirmala Sitharaman
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India bond yields drop as FM says govt won't rethink foreign bond plan
India's benchmark 10-year bond yield fell as much as 11 bps to 6.42% on FM Sitharaman's comments
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Foreign currency overseas sovereign bonds: All you should know
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Budget 2019-20 announced that the government would start raising a part of its gross borrowing programme from external markets in foreign currencies.
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FM Sitharaman rules out rethinking on overseas sovereign bonds: report
The proposal has been criticised by former heads of the Reserve Bank of India, economists and allies of the ruling BJP
FM Nirmala Sitharaman busy, GST Council meet pushed back to Saturday
The meeting, which was to be held through a video conferencing, had a single agenda to boost production of electric vehicles
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GST Council meeting to decide on slashing tax rate for EVs postponed
West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra had on Tuesday written to Sitharaman objecting to a hurriedly called 'single agenda meeting'
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Govt to raise a major chunk of foreign borrowing via 30-year bonds
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that India was looking to raise around $10 billion via overseas foreign currency sovereign bonds in the current fiscal year
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Deal firmly with those who try to evade taxes: FM Sitharaman to taxmen
The minister asked three investigating wings of the revenue department to share information among themselves to nab evaders
Nirmala Sitharaman's maiden Budget gets parliamentary approval
Sitharaman said the Budget 2019-20 proposals including raising tax on super-rich and levy of a tax on high value cash withdrawals were aimed at creating the new India
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