“I think right from the very beginning, when the preparations for this budget started, honourable PM was very clear and the guidance which we had was very clearly to give a direction towards the next 5 years, 10 years and so on,” says Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Minister.Navika Kumar: Being a woman and making it to … Read more
MUMBAI – The government’s decision to allow Indian companies to go for direct listing on foreign exchanges as well as on the International Financial Service Centre (IFSC) has been lauded by market mavens, as they believe this will attract investments and growth capital. While speaking at the launch event of AMC Repo Clearing and a … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets 8-year-old Raisat Akipova, from Derbent, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia on July 4, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted an eight-year-old girl in the Kremlin on July 4 and got her to join him in a bizarre phone call to his Finance Minister to ask … Read more
NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman‘s latest move to increase securities transaction tax (STT) on selling options has left traders confused. The latest amendment to Finance Bill 2023 passed by the Lok Sabha today shows that the STT on selling of options has gone up from 0.017% to 0.021%. However, NSE website shows that with … Read more
“We need to sustain the growth momentum, otherwise it is not possible for India which like many other countries is facing the global challenges to reach and sustain the fastest growing economy level,” says Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Minister. Navika Kumar: Ms Nirmala Sitharaman, Honorable Union Finance Minister who is the first woman finance minister to … Read more
Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman | Photo Credit: AP The government ensured that no one went hungry during the pandemic by providing free foodgrains to 80 crore poor people, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on February 1. Also Read | Union Budget 2023-24 live updates In times of global challenges, G-20 presidency gives an opportunity … Read more
President Droupadi Murmu with Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrive at Parliament House to attend first day of Budget session in New Delhi on January 31, 2023. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar In her maiden address to the joint sitting of both Houses of parliament … Read more
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday said it is expecting some slowdown in the Indian economy next fiscal year and projected the growth to 6.1 % from 6.8% during the current fiscal ending March 31. “Our growth projections actually for India are unchanged from our October Outlook. We have 6.8% growth for this current … Read more
(As part of a Budget special series by ETMarkets.com, we reached out to money managers seeking their perspective on Budget 2023 with a simple question: What if I were the Finance Minister of India) Amrit Kaal Vision:The foremost thing to keep in mind as the FM would be the Amrit Kaal Vision of becoming a … Read more
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. File | Photo Credit: PTI Responding to a question on freebies, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who was participating in the 75th year celebrations of Panchjanya — an RSS-linked magazine, said that freebies are something that everyone is talking about these days and everyone traps others on the same subject. “People try … Read more