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

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, …

Finance India Economy Growth Budget Speech Minister

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55th GST council meeting in Jaisalmer on December 21, 2024: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman media briefing

The Hindu

A much-anticipated review of the Goods and Services Tax levies on life and health insurance policies was put off by the apex body in charge of the indirect tax regime, the GST Council at its 55th meeting on Saturday, as some members sought more discussions on the matter before taking a final call. Moreover, rate rationalisation suggestions pertaining to about …

Tax Minister Sitharaman Gst Council Levies

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'How Can ED, Banks Take More Than Two Times Debt?' Vijay Mallya Day After Sitharaman's LS Speech

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Day after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the Enforcement Directorate has recovered properties worth 14,131.6 crore from Vijay Mallya, the fugitive businessman said he is entitled to relief and asked the government agencies to justify how they have taken more than two times the debt. The FM announced in Parliament that through the ED,Banks have recovered Rs 14,131.60 crores …

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5 days, 14 hours ago

Centre to make highest-ever effective capital expenditure in fiscal year 2024-25, know what it is

India TV News

The Central government is set to make the highest-ever effective capital expenditure in the fiscal year 2024-25, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said during the proceedings in Lok Sabha. Sitharaman on Tuesday stated that the effective capital expenditure of the Union govt for this fiscal year is pegged at a staggering Rs 15.02 lakh crore, among the highest such spending …

Capital Lok Sabha Spending Centre Effective Expenditure Fiscal Year

5 days, 17 hours ago

ED restores Rs 22,000 crore of assets from Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi: Minister

India Today

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday revealed that the Enforcement Directorate has successfully restored assets worth Rs 22,280 crore to victims and rightful claimants, asserting the government's relentless commitment to combating economic offenders. The Finance Minister pointed out that among the major cases, the ED has recovered properties valued at Rs 14,131.6 crore belonging to fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya, …

Finance Money Cases Assets Crore Sitharaman

5 days, 17 hours ago

Properties worth Rs 22,280 crore of eco-offenders like Mallya, Nirav Modi restored by ED: Nirmala Sitharaman

New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has listed several major cases where the Directorate of Enforcement has from time to time attached properties of individuals and companies connected to economic offence cases. Replying to the debate on Supplementary Demands for Grants - First Batch for 2024-2025, the finance minister apprised the Lok Sabha Tuesday evening that the central enforcement agency …

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5 days, 23 hours ago

Parliament concludes debate on Constitution

The Hindu

The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday concluded its two-day debate on Constitution. Lok Sabha The ‘One Nation, One Election’ Bill, seeking to implement simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies, was referred to a Joint Parliamentary Committee after Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal introduced it in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Leading the charge from the Opposition benches, Congress …

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6 days ago

Q2 growth ‘a temporary blip’, no generalised slowdown in factories, Finance Minister asserts

The Hindu

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday dismissed concerns about a cyclical growth slowdown and a generalised downturn in India’s manufacturing sector, terming the disappointing 5.4% second quarter growth numbers as a ‘temporary blip’ caused by a multitude of factors, including the conduct of the general elections and the alignment of festival calendars this year compared to 2023-24. Responding to the …

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Modi govt says Q2 GDP slowdown ‘a temporary blip’, growth figures will improve in next quarters

Firstpost

Acknowledging that the July-September quarterly economic growth was ‘slower than expected’, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said growth will pick up soon in the upcoming quarters Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday acknowledged that the economic growth was “slower than expected” in the July-September quarter. Government believes that the Q2 GDP growth slowdown is a temporary blip, and we …

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ED Retrieved Properties Worth Rs 14,131 Cr From Vijay Mallya, 1,052 Cr From Nirav Modi: Nirmala Sitharaman In Lok Sabha

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Finance Minister Nirma Sitharaman on Tuesday said the Enforcement Directorate has successfully retrieved properties worth Rs 22,280 crores from economic offenders, including Rs 14,131 crore from Vijay Mallya and Rs 1,052 from Nirav Modi. In Vijay Mallya case, 14,131.6 crore has been recovered and the complete amount of the attached property has been restored to the public sector banks." "In …

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Lower Q2 GDP growth a temporary blip; economy to improve in coming quarters, says Nirmala Sitharaman

The Hindu

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the lower-than-expected GDP growth of 5.4% in the second quarter was a "temporary blip" and the economy will see healthy growth in the coming quarters. Replying to a debate in the Lok Sabha on the first batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants, she said India has seen "steady and sustained" growth and …

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Will India's economic growth pick up pace? Nirmala Sitharaman answers

India Today

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that India’s economy will see healthy growth in the coming quarters despite the lower-than-expected GDP numbers for the second quarter. India’s GDP growth for the July-September quarter fell sharply to 5.4% from 6.7% in the previous quarter, marking an 18-month low, as per data released by the National Statistics Office in November. However, …

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Nirmala Sitharaman, Mallikarjun Kharge spar in Constitution debate

Hindustan Times

The government and the Opposition on Monday clashed in the Rajya Sabha with the government accusing the Congress of brazenly amending the Constitution to help the “dynasty” and the Opposition accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of twisting facts and undermining India’s federal structure. The first Prime Minister deplored press scrutiny of his government,” she said and quoted Constituent assembly member, …

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‘Her English will be good but deeds are not’: Kharge vs Sitharaman in Rajya Sabha | Watch

Hindustan Times

A war of words was witnessed in the Rajya Sabha on Monday as the House took up the debate on the Constitution of India, with union minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge locking horns in the Parliament. Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge were speaking during the Constitution debate in Rajya Sabha. TRACK …

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Indian Constitution has stood test of time: Nirmala Sitharaman

The Hindu

India's Constitution has stood the test of time in the last 75 years of its existence, even as most of the 50 countries that framed their constitution around the same time have rewritten or changed features of their constitutions, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday. Parliament Winter Session: Follow LIVE updates on December 16, 2024 Initiating the discussion on …

India Constitution Sitharaman

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Mallikarjun Kharge's dig at Nirmala Sitharaman for Nehru attack: Studied in JNU

India Today

In a swipe at Nirmala Sitharaman over her attack on former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru during a debate on the Constitution, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge underlined that the Union minister herself graduated from Jawaharlal Nehru University. 'RSS DIDN'T ACCEPT CONSTITUTION, TRICOLOUR' Accusing the BJP of abusing the Gandhi family, Kharge said "those who hated the tricolour, Ashok Chakra and the …

Bjp Minister Sitharaman Kharge Nirmala Sitharaman Nehru Jawaharlal Nehru

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Lying is in Congress's blood: Nirmala Sitharaman amid fiery Constitution debate

India Today

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday launched a sharp attack on former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the Congress during a Constitution debate in the Rajya Sabha, accusing the party of amending the Constitution over and over again to restrict civil liberties. "In the last seven decades, this living document, our Constitution, has seen many amendments," Sitharaman said on Monday, …

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Nirmala Sitharaman invokes Balraj Sahni's arrest to slam Nehru over Constitution

India Today

Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday referred to the arrests of poet and lyricist Majrooh Sultanpuri and actor Balraj Sahni to slam former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru over freedom of speech. Keeping up the attack on the Gandhi family after the Prime Minister's explosive speech in the Lok Sabha last week, Sitharaman said the first Constitutional amendment was brought by …

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CM Revanth Reddy meets Nirmala Sitharaman; Urges release of Rs.1,800 Cr

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday urged Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to immediately release the pending grant of Rs.1,800 crore to the backward districts of Telangana as per the AP Reorganization Act. He reminded the Union Finance Minister that the Union government allocated all the funds related to Centrally The AP government did not respond positively …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Rahul Gandhi raises questions on the functionality of a government bank, Nirmala Sitharaman responds sternly | Breaking

ABP News

Anchor: 'Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi had raised questions on the Modi government over the functioning of public sector banks. Nirmala Sitharaman alleged that during the UPA regime, illegal money was found and distributed to people, due to which the health of government banks worsened. Government banks have been strengthened under the Modi government and in the UPS government, I am …

Bank Rahul Rahul Gandhi Nirmala Sitharaman Government Banks

1 week, 4 days ago

Sitharaman Rebukes Rahul Gandhi Over Allegations on Public Sector Banks

Deccan Chronicle

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman strongly criticized Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi for his comments regarding the functioning of Public Sector Banks under the Modi government. Responding to Gandhi's accusations that PSBs have been turned into "private financiers for the rich and powerful," Sitharaman highlighted the significant reforms and improvements in the banking sector during the Modi regime.On Wednesday, Gandhi, …

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‘Inflation, geopolitics key global economic hurdles’: Nirmala Sitharaman

Hindustan Times

NEW DELHI: The world’s immediate priority for this decade should be the restoration of normalcy to stem rising inflation, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday, listing equitable solutions for climate change, prudent debt management, industry-led skilling of youth, and coexistence of big and small firms as other decadal challenges for the global community. Detailing her priorities for a …

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Sitharaman Highlights Inflation, Supply Woes

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said that unabated inflation, unsustainable debt, disruption of supply chains, and lack of food security are among the top challenges where the industry and the government need to work together. They are the main cause for disruptions in supply chain, inflation and other global challenges,” the finance minister said, while addressing …

Global Inflation Supply Sitharaman

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Need to blend commercial considerations with economic priorities, strategic needs: Sitharaman

The Hindu

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday stressed that India Inc.’s commercial considerations should blend with the economy, nation’s priorities and strategic needs. Asking the industry to “realign and reset” itself based on the lessons learnt in the last decade, Ms. Sitharaman said the supply chains should be widespread lest geopolitical risks disrupt it. “Economic and commercial considerations today will have …

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

55th GST council meeting in Jaisalmer on December 21, 2024: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman media briefing

'How Can ED, Banks Take More Than Two Times Debt?' Vijay Mallya Day After Sitharaman's LS Speech

Centre to make highest-ever effective capital expenditure in fiscal year 2024-25, know what it is

ED restores Rs 22,000 crore of assets from Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi: Minister

Properties worth Rs 22,280 crore of eco-offenders like Mallya, Nirav Modi restored by ED: Nirmala Sitharaman

Parliament concludes debate on Constitution

Q2 growth ‘a temporary blip’, no generalised slowdown in factories, Finance Minister asserts

Modi govt says Q2 GDP slowdown ‘a temporary blip’, growth figures will improve in next quarters

ED Retrieved Properties Worth Rs 14,131 Cr From Vijay Mallya, 1,052 Cr From Nirav Modi: Nirmala Sitharaman In Lok Sabha

Lower Q2 GDP growth a temporary blip; economy to improve in coming quarters, says Nirmala Sitharaman

Will India's economic growth pick up pace? Nirmala Sitharaman answers

Nirmala Sitharaman, Mallikarjun Kharge spar in Constitution debate

‘Her English will be good but deeds are not’: Kharge vs Sitharaman in Rajya Sabha | Watch

Indian Constitution has stood test of time: Nirmala Sitharaman

Mallikarjun Kharge's dig at Nirmala Sitharaman for Nehru attack: Studied in JNU

Lying is in Congress's blood: Nirmala Sitharaman amid fiery Constitution debate

Nirmala Sitharaman invokes Balraj Sahni's arrest to slam Nehru over Constitution

CM Revanth Reddy meets Nirmala Sitharaman; Urges release of Rs.1,800 Cr

Rahul Gandhi raises questions on the functionality of a government bank, Nirmala Sitharaman responds sternly | Breaking

Sitharaman Rebukes Rahul Gandhi Over Allegations on Public Sector Banks

‘Inflation, geopolitics key global economic hurdles’: Nirmala Sitharaman

Sitharaman Highlights Inflation, Supply Woes

Need to blend commercial considerations with economic priorities, strategic needs: Sitharaman