Nirmala Sitharaman

New Delhi : Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said that the government is keeping an eye on price rise, which, she said, currently is "extraneous" due to prices of fuel and fertiliser. Responding to a discussion on…

New Delhi : Punjab National Bank, nation’s leading public sector bank, revamped its President’s Estate branch situated within the premises of Rashtrapati Bhawan. The branch was inaugurated by Hon’ble President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu…

New Delhi : Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday accepted, in the Parliament that the process of recovering money by small depositors from bad debts is very complicated and lengthy, and there is a need to simplify it. Replying…

New Delhi : Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday asked the Indian industry to be prepared against "tariff walls" which are likely to be imposed by nations undertaking green transitions, on Indian exports, especially steel products.…

New Delhi : The wholesale price index (WPI) based inflation fell to a 21-month low of 5.85 per cent in November on account of low prices of food. Reacting to the fall in WPI inflation, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in Lok Sabha…

New Delhi : Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday will introduce the Appropriation Bills (Nos. 4 and 5) 2022 in the Lok Sabha to seek nod for the payment and appropriation of amounts from the Consolidated Funds of India for the…

New Delhi : The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), Government of India, celebrated the completion of 60 years of Customs Act, ’62 on here today to mark the enactment of the Act. Union Minister for Finance & Corporate…

New Delhi : A bitter war of words ensued between Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Congress member A Revanth Reddy in the Lok Sabha on Monday over rupee depreciation and the overall state of the economy. The drama began during…

New Delhi : Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday assured the Parliament that the government is committed to paying GST compensation to states. Replying to a slew of questions by MPs cutting across party lines during Question Hour…

New Delhi : Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman chaired the pre-budget consultation meetings for Budget 2023-24 held in virtual mode from 21st to 28th November, 2022. The pre-budget meeting were concluded…