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Home, vehicle loans and consumption goods to get cheaper: FM Sitharaman

Addressing the media here, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also said that banks will pass on RBI rate cut benefits to borrowers through MCLR reduction

MSMEs to get pending GST refunds within 30 days, says FM Sitharaman

In future, all GST refunds of micro, small and medium enterprises will be paid within 60 days from the date of application

Enhanced surcharge on FPIs removed, 'pre-Budget position' restored: FM

Sitharaman said surcharge on long and short term capital gains arising from transfer of equity shares has been withdrawn

LIVE: Govt gives FPI relief, makes loans cheaper, revs up auto sector

FM Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to announce steps to revive India's economic growth. Catch all LIVE updates here

Big relief for market as govt withdraws FPI surcharge: 15 key announcements

Govt to infuse upfront Rs 70,000 crore into public sector banks to enable release of Rs 5 trillion liquidity in the market

India's GDP expansion much higher than global growth: Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said reform is a continuous process for her government and it tops the agenda

Govt may exempt FPIs from super-rich tax to reverse economic slowdown

Nirmala Sitharaman had proposed increasing the effective tax rate on individuals with taxable annual income of above Rs 2,000 cr by about 3%, and for those earning above Rs 5,000 cr by 7%

Biscuits to soaps, slowdown pain for FMCG companies comes in small packs

Adi Godrej and ITC Chairman Sanjiv Puri were in Delhi this month to meet Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as part of an outreach programme to tackle the slowdown

Govt bailouts a moral hazard, says CEA Krishnamurthy Subramanian

Calls for a fiscal boost from the government for sectors like automobiles have been growing in the past few weeks after the budget from Nirmala Sitharaman failed to provide support

Direct Tax Code 2.0: Task force for big relief to individual taxpayers

Income tax payers earning up to Rs 55 lakh per annum may end up with a major tax relief

In the right direction

The DTC task force recommendations will reduce litigation

FinMin considers stress fund for infra sectors: Urban Affairs Secretary

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had already held consultations with various stakeholders, including industry, banks, homebuyers, real estate players and capital market participants

Rhetoric, reform, reformers

We require a drastic change in rhetoric backed by major policy change. Policy must reward enterprise and assume honesty

FM says talks on helping economy continue, won't comment on timeline

Sitharaman says govt heard concerns of five sectors; does not seem too convinced on issue of subsidising gold imports

Banks to get two-year guarantee to purchase 'pooled assets' of NBFCs

The government has allowed the NBFCs and HFCs to buy back their assets 'after a specified period of 12 months' as a repurchase transaction, on a right of first refusal basis

Why India's $10 billion foreign bond sale plan may never take off

There are worries that Asia's third-biggest economy may come under pressure during bouts of risk aversion, especially given the current backdrop of slowing global growth

FM Sitharaman assures steps to boost liquidity, demand in realty sector

To chair another meeting to discuss stalled projects

Govt may soon take a decision on tweaking FPI surcharge proposal

FM Sitharaman meets representatives of MFs, investment banks, FPIs

FM Sitharaman hints at corporation tax cut, silent on FPI surcharge

Promises simplifying tax laws

Govt, RBI on same page on steps to boost economy: FM tells industry

At no point and on no score, the government wants to make it difficult for the industry, the Finance Minister said