If the Bharatiya Janata Party wins again, the map of India will change. The state of the country will be such that people will not be able to recognize it. The hatred found in Manipur on tribal and ethnic lines will become the identity of the entire country.’ These are the words of Prakala Prabhakar, … Read more
2023-12-16 22:27:42 Thiruvananthapuram ∙ Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that when the state government does things without transparency, the Center will have to take some measures and there is no point in accusing it of broken federalism. The Minister was inaugurating the Vikasit Bharat Sankalp Yatra in Mangalapuram Panchayat, which was initiated to reach … Read more
2023-12-12 13:33:05 New Delhi, The Centre on Tuesday said no GST dues of any state are pending before it and that some state governments have not submitted AG’s authenticated certificate for release of their share of funds. The narrative that GST dues are pending from the Centre is not correct and is a “misnomer” as … Read more
2023-12-12 10:04:49 During the Question Hour in Rajya Sabha, FM Nirmala Sitharaman clarified on the status of the pending GST amount of different states. Her clarification comes amid a rising chorus against the central government for holding GST funds. Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has accused Modi government of showing ‘bias’ against non-BJP-led states while releasing … Read more
2023-12-07 08:57:10 Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday voiced concerns against the “one-sided” move by advanced jurisdictions like the EU to impose tariffs on high-carbon goods coming from other sources, saying it goes against the interests of the Global South and that the green agenda shouldn’t be pursued by some at the expense of others. … Read more
2023-12-04 13:55:21 There is no proposal under consideration to relax the existing terms for borrowing capacity of the State Governments, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told Parliament Monday. “Presently, there is no proposal to relax the existing terms for borrowing capacity of the State Governments including the Government of Kerala,” Sitharaman said in response to a … Read more
2023-11-29 18:28:30 Sebi chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch on Wednesday asked municipal corporations to display higher levels of transparency by creating digital escrow accounts to ring-fence certain cash flows and obtain credit ratings to burnish the allure of their bonds, adding that investor appetite for quality securities remains strong. Speaking at an event on Leveraging Private … Read more
2023-11-19 14:03:29 Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said women entrepreneurs are accorded first priority under the Centre’s flagship Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana scheme which offers financial assistance to beneficiaries.Distributing sanction letters to beneficiaries under the PM SVANidhi Se Samriddhi programme which offers loans to street vendors, here, she said officials … Read more