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Budget session of Parliament from Jan 31-April 8, to be held in two parts

The Economic Survey is likely to be tabled on January 31 after the president's address

Market wrap: Sensex stages smart recovery, ends 12 pts down; Nifty holds 18,250

Mindtree dips 4% on profit booking after December quarter results; Aurobindo Pharma ends 5% down on US FDA warning letter for unit; India Cements gains 4%; hits highest level since January 2008

Budget unlikely to allocate any fund for bank recapitalisation: Report

The banks will raise capital through internal accruals and fundraising from the market, Icra said in a note, adding that the lenders have the ability to manage

Cooperative forum set up by RBI board member weighs in for PMC depositors

Sahar Bharati requests finance minister's intervention for a better deal

FM Sitharaman's fourth Budget to focus on growth, jobs amid Covid surge

The government has projected a fiscal deficit of 6.8 per cent for the current financial year

FM reviews PSBs' readiness to tackle disruption by third covid wave

In a virtual meeting, Sitharaman also reviewed steps taken by public sector lenders in implementing pandemic-related measures initiated by both Centre and RBI

Tech start-up body writes to FM seeking crypto tax provisions in Budget

The letter lists nine recommendations to regulate crypto companies in the country

Sitharaman reviews PSBs' readiness to tackle any Omicron-induced disruption

The ongoing third wave to the highly infectious Omicron variant of coronavirus has led to various domestic rating agencies lowering India's growth forecast for the current fiscal

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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