Tag: Sitharaman
Union Budget 2021: Customs Duty Up 2.5% On Mobile Parts, Phones May Get Costlier By 3-4% After Feb 2
In another bid to boost domestic manufacturing, the government on Monday announced a 2.5 per cent increase in customs duty on mobile chargers and some sub-parts of phones, a move that will make phones more expensive. ....
Farmers Will Get Justice: Ramdas Athawale On Budget
Lauding the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, various political leaders on Monday emphasized that the announcements are for the benefit of the farmers. ....
MoS Finance Counters Bengal FM's Charge Of Ignoring Dissent, Says GST Council Reflects Collective Spirit
Following the conclusion of the 44th meeting of the GST Council on Saturday, a war of words erupted on Twitter between Union Minister of State for Finance, Anurag Thakur, and West Bengal Finance Minister, Amit Mitra, over the way the important meeting of the state and Central Finance Ministers to decide on GST rate for Covid relief items was conducted. ....
Not A Package, Another Hoax: Rahul Gandhi On Relief Measures
A day after union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced eight relief measures worth Rs 6,28,993 crore, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took a swipe at the government saying it is not a package but another hoax. ....
Lok Sabha Passes General Insurance Business Amendment Bill Amid Ruckus
The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Amendment Bill, 2021 amid ruckus by the Opposition which demanded discussion on the snooping row and the three Central farm laws. ....
PM Modi Selling India's Crown Jewels, NMP Designed To Create Monopoly: Rahul Gandhi
A day after Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled the government's four-year National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) worth Rs 6 lakh crore, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of bringing in the process of selling the "crown jewel" assets built by his party in last 70 years. ....
LS Speaker Reviews Preparations At Parliament Ahead Of Budget Session
With the Budget Session of the Parliament scheduled to begin from January 31, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday took a stock of the preparations and also inspected various facilities in the Parliament House Complex. ....
Budget 2022: Sensex Trades Over 1,000 Points, Nifty Above 17,600; FM Says LIC IPO Expected Shortly
The benchmark equity indices on the BSE and National Stock Exchange extended their opening gains and were trading over 1.5 per cent higher in the early afternoon deals on Tuesday as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman continued to announce her Budget 2022 speech in the Parliament.....
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Slams Union Budget, Calls It 'Pegasus Spin Budget'
Terming the Union Budget 2022-23 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Parliament on Tuesday as 'Pegasus Spin Budget', West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that there is nothing in it (Budget) for the common man who has been hit hard by unemployment and inflation.....
Union Budget 2022 Is 'anti-farmer': Manish Sisodia
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday slammed the Union Budget 2022-23 and termed it as "anti-farmer". Sisodia, who is also Delhi's Finance Minister claimed that the government has reduced the allocation for Minimum Support Price (MSP) in the budget. ....
