Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says India's resilience is built on strong fundamentals, reforms and governance, urging banks to maintain robust balance sheets and consumer trust
Sitharaman said the economic resilience has continued, particularly in the April-June quarter this year, as well, where India's GDP has grown by 7.8%
The move is part of the ongoing Seva Pakhwada (service fortnight) to celebrate Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 75th birthday
Addressing the gathering, Minister Sitharaman paid tribute to women workers who form the backbone of the matchbox industry
Move seen to ease financing woes of India's nascent shipbuilding industry
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman asked industry to shed hesitation in investing and expand capacities while partnering with the government to skill youth for faster employment
The opposition was putting pressure on the BJP-led central government, seeking compensation of potential revenue loss from GST rationalisation
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the government has delivered reforms, urges companies to invest, expand production, and partner in skilling youth for India's growth
Festival season demand to grow by 10% and TV prices come down by 7.8%
Addressing CII GCC Business Summit here, she also said India's capital investment grew to 4.1% (including states) of the GDP in 2024-25 from 1.7% in 2013-14
The finance minister also said the GST revenues grew to ₹22.08 trillion in 2025 from when it was introduced
NITI Aayog projects AI could add up to $1 trillion to India's GDP by 2035, but success depends on sovereign infrastructure, skilling, and responsible adoption
If technology is on a sprint, regulation should also be on a sprint. We do not want regulation that literally wipes off the technology itself, says FM
GIFT IFSC, international financial services centre, is located in Gandhinagar Gujarat
The government is determined to not only adopt AI technologies but also ensure their responsible application across various sectors, she said
The finance minister, in this year's Budget speech, proposed to raise the foreign investment limit to 100 per cent from the existing 74 per cent in the insurance sector
Exporters and industry bodies sought RBI relief including moratoriums, relaxed NPA norms, and REER settlements to counter the impact of 50 per cent tariffs by the US
Sitharaman says the govt will shift focus to speed up disinvestment
Days after the big-bang GST reform announcement, FM Nirmala Sitharaman, at her North Block office on Saturday, spoke at length on a range of issues in an hourlong interaction with Business Standard
While the DMK claims to be a champion of social justice, she said, the fact is that caste-violence has recurred in different parts of the state, with members of the Scheduled Castes