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Builders welcome govt's move to revive stalled projects, seek more funds

Measures not enough to encourage buyers, claim real estate players

Yashwant Sinha questions FM, asks how would Ola, Uber reduce truck sales

Those in power were making "weird" statements, the former finance minister said, talking to reporters here

Export promotion scheme, shopping fests: FM's new measures to boost exports

Make sense of all the announcements made by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for the exports sector

Rs 70,000 cr package announced for exports, realty sectors to boost growth

For exporters, a new scheme for reimbursement of taxes paid on exports will come into effect from January 2020 to replace existing dispensations

FM announces steps to boost exports, Rs 50,000 cr incentive scheme launched

The move, she added, is aimed at quick and automated refunds of ITC

Mega shopping fests to funding: Sops to boost exports, housing announced

The Press Information Bureau last night tweeted that Sitharaman will "announce important decisions of the government" at the conference in Delhi

Rs 10,000 crore window to extend funding to stranded housing projects: FM

The fund will be managed by professionals, the finance minister added

FM Sitharaman's key announcements to boost realty and export sectors

Projects that are 60% complete will get last mile funding through special window, says FM

FM announces revised priority sector lending scheme for exporters

She also said export finance will be actively monitored by an inter-ministerial working group in the Department of Commerce

FM says clear signs of revival in industrial production, fixed investment

The government has been pressing banks to link borrowing rates to an external benchmark to speed up the transmission of rate cuts

#BoycottMillennials to #SayItLikeNirmalaTai: FM Sitharaman inspires memes

The age of millennials offers little room for political missteps. Aspirations for a better lifestyle and prized possessions like cars still run high, despite the ongoing slump

The legacy issues of public sector banks

Disappearance of public sector banks will be resented by the common man

Why is BJP govt so confused on economy: Priyanka on 'Ola-Uber' remarks

The Congress has been attacking Sitharaman for her remarks saying it reflected the "inefficiency, immaturity, and inexperience" of the BJP in governance

Govt will respond to automobile industry's demand, says FM Sitharaman

Car companies' demand for a tax cut will be decided at the GST Council's meeting in Goa on September 20, says the finance minister.

Govt forms task force to identify infra projects worth Rs 100 trillion

The task force, headed by the economic affairs secretary, will draw up a 'National Infrastructure Pipeline'

Slowdown will not impact social sector spending: Nirmala Sitharaman

The GST council will take on GST rates reduction, she said

FM Nirmala Sitharaman meets representatives of infrastructure sector

The meeting came in the backdrop of India's gross domestic product growth slumping to six-year low of 5 per cent in the April-June quarter

FM meets representatives of infrastructure sector amid economic slowdown

The representatives of the infrastructure sector expressed their issues and concern to the finance minister during the meeting

Free the banks

Mergers are cosmetic without real governance reform

Letter to BS: Long overdue banking sector reforms is the need of the hour

Success of the process of consolidation of state-owned banks depends on the enhanced capability of the RBI to exercise its regulatory oversight and ensure financial stability