Articles for Ms Sitharaman

Sops for Small Business Houses, Farmers, Tax Relief for Middle-Class Likely in Union Budget
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Sops for Small Business Houses, Farmers, Tax Relief for Middle-Class Likely in Union Budget

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The government is likely to announce some sops for small business houses and farmers in the upcoming budget as Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday hinted in a pre-budgetary meeting with the stakeholders and experts from export, trade and industry sectors in the national capital here. The sources, however, said that keeping slow growth in micro, small …

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Sanjaya Baru | Budget 2025: Taking India’s economy from good to great
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Sanjaya Baru | Budget 2025: Taking India’s economy from good to great

Deccan Chronicle  

Even as most taxpayers will be busy this coming week making plans for the year-end and the New Year, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and her colleagues will be pouring over numbers and cogitating over ideas finalising the Budget statement and speech scheduled for February 1. National accounts data for the past decade reveal that total private final consumption expenditure, …

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Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill to strengthen governance, enhance customer convenience: FM
1 month, 1 week ago

Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill to strengthen governance, enhance customer convenience: FM

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Amid fierce criticism from the Opposition, the Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the Banking Laws Bill, 2024 in which Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed 19 amendments in the bill. Earlier in the day, FM Sitharaman introduced the Banking Laws Bill in the Lok Sabha, proposing to make as many as 19 amendments, including changes in the RBI …

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s remarks on patriarchy spark debate
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s remarks on patriarchy spark debate

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: WHat’s patriarchy ya?” You might expect that question, complete with the sucked-on-a-lemon-slice expression upon hearing the word and the dismissive tone used when responding to it from your average dudebro, WhatsApp group uncle, YouTube commentator, or a very sheltered woman with an internalised misogyny issue. Coming from one of the most powerful women in this country, Finance Minister Nirmala …

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Balanced growth, jobs: FM Defends 2024-25 Union Budget in Rajya Sabha
5 months, 1 week ago

Balanced growth, jobs: FM Defends 2024-25 Union Budget in Rajya Sabha

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Defending the Union Budget for the fiscal year 2024-25, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday called it a fine balance between growth, employment, capital investment and fiscal consolidation, among others. While replying to the discussion on the Union Budget in the Rajya Sabha, Ms Sitharaman said that the Budget has taken into consideration all sectors of the …

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Nirmala Sitharaman calls Mamata Banerjee's 'mic was switched off' claim 'false narrative'
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Nirmala Sitharaman calls Mamata Banerjee's 'mic was switched off' claim 'false narrative'

Op India  

In a strong rebuttal to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s claim that her microphone was turned off and she was only given five minutes to speak at a significant Niti Aayog meeting, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has accused Banerjee of “trying to build a narrative out of falsehood.” The finance minister stated that all chief ministers were given “due …

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India budget: Tax giveaways and handouts for states led by Modi’s coalition partners
5 months, 2 weeks ago

India budget: Tax giveaways and handouts for states led by Modi’s coalition partners

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Narendra Modi has been accused …

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GST has helped people with a pro-poor approach, says Nirmala Sitharaman
8 months ago

GST has helped people with a pro-poor approach, says Nirmala Sitharaman

The Hindu  

The Goods and Services Tax regime has benefitted people through a pro-poor approach, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman asserted on May 6, while underlining that the recent landmark of GST collections crossing ₹2 lakh crore was driven by heightened economic activity. Noting that the idea of GST was first mooted under the Atal Behari Vajpayee-led NDA government, Ms. Sitharaman said …

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Sanjaya Baru | Modi’s economic, political strategy is Ram bharose
11 months ago

Sanjaya Baru | Modi’s economic, political strategy is Ram bharose

Deccan Chronicle  

Much has been made of how a fiscally prudent Nirmala Sitharaman, the Union finance minister, has resisted populism and has not used the Union Budget that she presented last Thursday to win the next general election. Any political assessment of budgetary strategy would show that Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not expect his finance minister to help him win the …

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Budget 2024 | Nirmala Sitharaman delivers her shortest Budget speech
11 months, 1 week ago

Budget 2024 | Nirmala Sitharaman delivers her shortest Budget speech

The Hindu  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 presented her sixth consecutive Budget with a speech lasting 56 minutes, her shortest-ever. Union Budget 2024 | Follow live updates here The opposition members listened to Ms. Sitharaman's budget speech with rapt attention, barring some voices of disapproval to the Minister's reference to her government returning to power after the Lok Sabha elections. …

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Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Slow economic growth a major challenge for govt
1 year, 10 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Slow economic growth a major challenge for govt

Deccan Chronicle  

The economic indicators listed in the monetary policy statement of the Reserve Bank of India, raising the repo rate to 6.5 per cent from 6.25 per cent on February 8, is sobering after the high rhetoric used by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget speech on February 1. The revenue buoyancy of the government, especially from the Goods and …

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FM says new tax regime has been made \'very attractive\'
1 year, 11 months ago

FM says new tax regime has been made \'very attractive\'

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that the government chose the capital expenditure route to revive the economy as it has a great multiplier effect. She also said the new tax regime has been made “very attractive”, emphasising on moderation in personal taxes for the middle classes in the country. “In the new tax regime, offering a …

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Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Dreams left undisturbed in Budget amid economic lull
1 year, 11 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Dreams left undisturbed in Budget amid economic lull

Deccan Chronicle  

It is a curiously different Union Budget statement that finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Ms Sitharaman made it clear that this year’s Budget is the second part of last year’s exercise, delineating the goals of “Amrit Kaal”, the 25-year period running from 2022, the 75th year of India’s Independence, till the 100th in 2047. …

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FM lists 7 Budget priorities: Tax slab changes; middle class focus; Rlys boost
1 year, 11 months ago

FM lists 7 Budget priorities: Tax slab changes; middle class focus; Rlys boost

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Putting more money in the hands of the middle class as well as salaried individuals to boost taxpayers in India, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday announced her Budget 2023-24, saying that the Indian economy was on the right path and heading towards a bright future as economic growth is estimated at nearly seven per cent, the highest …

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Sanjaya Baru | Budget 2023: Capital strike subdues the ‘animal spirits’
1 year, 11 months ago

Sanjaya Baru | Budget 2023: Capital strike subdues the ‘animal spirits’

Deccan Chronicle  

“I would like now to see private investors and private industry in India coming forward with that so-called animal spirits to show that it is possible for India to be one of the fastest-growing economies.” So implored Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, addressing a gathering of business leaders earlier this month. Recognising that private investment was not adequately forthcoming, Ms …

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FM Sitharaman to India Inc: What stops you from investing
2 years, 3 months ago

FM Sitharaman to India Inc: What stops you from investing

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday urged India Inc to invest in India, asking what was stopping them from investing at a time when the entire world was putting money into India. Drawing a parallel between India Inc and mythological character Lord Hanuman, Ms Sitharaman also said the government is willing to engage with the industry and …

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WTO looking to resolve challenges for Indian food exports: Nirmala Sitharaman
2 years, 8 months ago

WTO looking to resolve challenges for Indian food exports: Nirmala Sitharaman

The Hindu  

The World Trade Organization Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is looking into resolving WTO rules that are making it difficult for India to export food grains to meet shortages in other countries, caused by the Russia-Ukraine war, according to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. “Countries like India, which can probably supply are facing difficulties with WTO,” Ms. Sitharaman told reporters on Friday, …

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has urged IMF to assist Sri Lanka: Govt
2 years, 8 months ago

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has urged IMF to assist Sri Lanka: Govt

The Hindu  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has urged the International Monetary Fund to provide Sri Lanka with assistance, according to the government. Ms Sitharaman, “indicated that IMF should support and urgently provide financial assistance to Sri Lanka,” said a Finance Ministry readout of the meeting between the Minister and IMF Managing Director Krisalina Georgieva. “The Managing Director assured the Finance Minister that …

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India’s move away from coal hampered by Ukraine war: Nirmala Sitharaman
2 years, 8 months ago

India’s move away from coal hampered by Ukraine war: Nirmala Sitharaman

The Hindu  

India’s transition away from coal as a fuel would be hampered by the Russia-Ukraine war, according to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. However, the price of crude has gone up due to the situation in Europe, as has the price of natural gas — a “transition fuel” for India — in addition to it being in short supply, said Ms. Sitharaman, …

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Modi a political Pied Piper, sets 2024 agenda & a 2047 wish list
2 years, 11 months ago

Modi a political Pied Piper, sets 2024 agenda & a 2047 wish list

Deccan Chronicle  

It is unfortunate that in a 20-page, 118-paragraph Part A Budget speech, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman could bring herself to say only briefly and fleetingly at the beginning: “At the outset, I want to take a moment to express my empathy for those who had to bear adverse health and economic effects of the pandemic.” This seems to have …

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GST Council not for inclusion of petroleum products: Finance Minister
3 years, 3 months ago

GST Council not for inclusion of petroleum products: Finance Minister

The Hindu  

The Goods and Services Tax Council has decided to keep petroleum products out of the GST regime, while consumers will have to keep paying the Compensation Cess levied on products like automobiles till March 2026 instead of July 2022 as originally envisaged at the time of rolling out the indirect tax regime. Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, …

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Government puts off decision on tax relief for COVID-19 supplies
3 years, 7 months ago

Government puts off decision on tax relief for COVID-19 supplies

The Hindu  

The Goods and Services Tax Council failed to agree on immediate tax breaks for critical pandemic relief supplies, including COVID-19 vaccines, and constituted a Group of Ministers to recommend individual items’ tax rates by June 8. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, chairing the Council’s first meeting in nearly eight months on Friday, said there were protracted discussions with ‘varying viewpoints’ …

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Nirmala Sitharaman tweaks tax provisions for EPF contributions, says ready to discuss GST on fuel if States want it
3 years, 9 months ago

Nirmala Sitharaman tweaks tax provisions for EPF contributions, says ready to discuss GST on fuel if States want it

The Hindu  

The Centre is ready to consider bringing fuel under the Goods and Services Tax regime if the States bring up the issue at the GST Council, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday, arguing that all decisions related to the indirect tax are driven by the Council and not the Ministry of Finance. These included an income tax break for …

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Nirmala's Budget made a virtue out of necessity
3 years, 11 months ago

Nirmala's Budget made a virtue out of necessity

Deccan Chronicle  

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman had promised a “once in a century” Budget and raised hopes sky high. Despite her hype, the expectations were generally low mainly because it was widely known that the government’s revenues had collapsed due to the Covid-19 pandemic economic lockdown, leaving the finance minister with little fiscal margin for policy manoeuvre. Ms Sitharaman was able …

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