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How the Centre plans to use tax data to settle social justice issues

The govt committee on EWS might have set the template for future; EWS limits and income tax exemption limits are now twinned, if the Supreme Court accepts the panel's report

GST Council defers rate hike in textiles, refers issues to ministers group

'We will retain the status quo', says Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman after emergency meeting in Delhi.

Covid LIVE: Increase RAT, encourage use of home test kits, govt to states

Any individual with cough, headache, sore throat, breathlessness, body ache, the recent loss of taste or smell, fatigue, and diarrhea should be considered as a suspect case of Covid, says Centre

'It's not BJP money': FM on Rs 200 cr seized from perfume maker in Kannauj

Sitharaman said law enforcing agencies act on actionable intelligence in conducting raids

FM Nirmala Sitharaman to chair 46th meeting of GST Council today

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will chair the 46th meeting of the GST Council in New Delhi today.Union Ministers of State in the Ministry of Finance, Pankaj Chaudhary and Dr Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad will also attend the meeting."FM Smt @nsitharaman will chair the 46th meeting of the GST Council in New Delhi, tomorrow. The meeting will be attended by MoS for Finance @mppchaudharyand @DrBhagwatKarad, besides Finance Ministers of States and UTs and Senior officers from Union Government and States," tweeted the Ministry of Finance on Thursday.This meeting holds importance ahead of the Union Budget which is presented on the first day of February by the Finance Minister in Parliament. This will be the fourth budget of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government in its second tenure.On Thursday, Nirmala Sitharaman chaired the pre-budget consultations with the Finance Ministers of States and Union Territories (with Legislature) for Union Budget 2022-23 in Delhi.The meeting ..

GST Council to discuss rollback of inverted duty structure in textiles

Former West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra and Telangana Industries Minister K T Rama Rao had earlier urged the Centre to roll back the proposed GST rate hikes in textiles

Raise your share in centrally-sponsored schemes: States to FM Sitharaman

States also want GST compensation extended till 2027

GST Council meet on Dec 31, to discuss rate rationalisation

The GST Council, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, will meet on December 31 and discuss, among other things, report of the panel of state ministers on rate rationalisation

PLI a game changer in attracting global firms to set up shop in India: FM

The scheme, announced in the Union Budget 2021-22 with an outlay of Rs 1.97 lakh crore, covers 13 champion sectors

FM to hold pre-Budget talks with state finance ministers on Thursday

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will hold a meeting with finance ministers of states on Thursday as part of customary pre-Budget consultations with various stakeholders.

SICMA urges FM Sitharaman for higher duty on cement and clinker imports

The cement industry contributes around Rs 30,000 crore to the government exchequer per year in the form of good and service tax

SICMA requests FM to facilitate movement of cement to deficit regions

South India Cement Manufacturers' Association has urged the Centre to facilitate movement of cement in the country by providing a telescopic railway freight service

Art, an important instrument to tell the strengths of India: FM Sitharaman

Sitharaman also called for more awareness building on Kalakshetra Foundation to get people to understand what such a place can impart as education

Top Headlines: Curbs in-place for New year; Covovax approval expected soon

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Budget 2022-23: Avoid sharp fiscal correction, economists tell FM

According to the source, almost all economists recommended the government not to be too aggressive with their fiscal stance

Here's what industry groups had sought at pre-Budget consultations with FM

Rationalisation of income tax slabs, infrastructure status for digital services and incentives to hydrogen storage as well as fuel cell development were some of the suggestions made by various stakeholders at the pre-Budget consultation meeting convened by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The customary pre-budget consultation meetings were held with the finance minister virtually between December 15 and December 22, as per the finance ministry statement. More than 120 invitees representing seven stakeholder groups participated in eight meetings, scheduled during this period, it said. The stakeholder groups include representatives and experts from agriculture and agro-processing industry; industry, infrastructure and climate change; financial sector and capital markets; services and trade; social sector; trade union & labour organisation and economists, it said. "The stakeholder groups made several suggestions on various issues that included increased R&D spending, ...

Sitharaman to hold pre-Budget consultations with prominent economists today

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will hold pre-budget consultations with prominent economists on Wednesday in connection with the forthcoming general budget 2022-23."Union Finance Minister @nsitharaman will chair Pre-Budget consultations with prominent economists tomorrow afternoon, 22nd December 2021, in New Delhi in connection with the forthcoming General Budget 2022-23. The meetings are being held virtually," Finance Ministry said in a tweet.The General Budget is presented by the Finance Minister every year in Parliament on February 1.

Most gold seizures at Chennai and Calicut airports this year: FM Sitharaman

Before the pandemic, in 2019-20, the highest seizures in terms of combined weight were in Delhi and Mumbai airports, at 494 kg and 403 kg

No Cabinet decision on privatisation of two PSBs: FM Sitharaman

The bill related to privatisation of PSBs has been listed for the ongoing winter session of Parliament, which ends on December 23

Rajya Sabha: FM Sitharaman seeks approval for Rs 3.73-trn extra spending

Nirmala Sitharaman moved the second batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants for consideration in the Rajya Sabha that authorises the government to spend an additional Rs 3.73 trillion