aiib: FM Nirmala Sitharaman suggests AIIB to use innovative financing ways to address infra needs

2023-07-16 10:27:20 Gandhinagar, Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday suggested the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to use innovative financing ways to better address infrastructure needs of member countries. Sitharaman met Jin Liqun, President, AIIB, in Gandhinagar on the sidelines of the 3rd G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors #G20FMCBG meeting and discussed the … Read more

gst: GST has done justice to consumers by bringing rates down, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman – The Economic Times Video

2023-07-02 02:15:49 Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressed the gathering at the GST Day event that was celebrated on the 6th anniversary of the GST regime. At the event, FM Nirmala Sitharaman asserted that GST has brought in greater tax buoyancy, as a result of which tax collection has grown more than GSDP. “GST has … Read more

gst: GST helped increase revenue buoyancy of states: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

2023-07-01 13:45:23 Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said Goods and Services Tax (GST) has helped bring down the taxes for consumers by removing the cascading effect of ‘tax-on-tax’ and added to the revenue buoyancy of states. She said the GST system has seen massive scaling up since its implementation on July 1, 2017, and … Read more

GST boosted revenue buoyancy of States, says Finance Minister Sitharaman

2023-07-01 15:01:51 Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said that GST (Goods & Services Tax) has boosted revenue buoyancy of States. “Whether it is common consumer, whether it is the State government, a matter of tax buoyancy, whether it is making it digital and simpler, GST stands out as an exemplar,” Sitharaman said while addressing … Read more

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman asks investors to participate in India’s growth story

2023-05-04 12:21:32 Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has invited investors to become a part of the journey of the Indian economy in Amrit Kaal, the 25-year journey towards its centenary as a modern nation, saying it is full of new opportunities for growth and investments. The Indian finance minister, who is here to participate in the … Read more

adb: FM Nirmala Sitharaman asks ADB to support India with more concessional climate finance

2023-05-02 09:45:15 New Delhi: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday impressed upon Asian Development Bank (ADB) to support India with more concessional climate finance, stating that the country’s economic and developmental progress can have a huge positive impact regionally and globally. In a bilateral meeting with ADB president Masatsugu Asakawa in Incheon in South Korea, … Read more

ET Awards 2022: Returning to Old Pension Scheme is almost impossible, says FM Sitharaman – The Economic Times Video

2023-04-29 10:08:20 Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman in a fireside chat with Bodhisatva Ganguli, Editorial Director of The Economic Times, at the ET Awards for Corporate Excellence 2023, said returning to the old pension scheme (OPS) “is probably going to be extremely impossible” because of the long-term burden of this move on … Read more

aspirational block programme: Data crucial for success of Aspirational Block Programme: Niti CEO

2023-04-20 16:49:58 Niti Aayog CEO BVR Subrahmanyam on Thursday said data is crucial for the success of the Aspirational Block Programme (ADP) and stressed the need of making it visually available to help decision-making. Addressing an event here, Subrahmanyam further said through the implementation of the Aspirational Block Programme, the goal of the government is … Read more