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Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said windfall tax on petroleum products, crude is not ad hoc, but being charged in regular consultation with the industry, while addressing an online event. The minister said it is unfair to…

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the Indian economy will clock a double-digit growth this fiscal, adding that the nation is on a strong wicket when compared to others, and is responsive in terms of extending…

NEW DELHI: The total number of Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) accounts as on August 10 were 46.3 crore and 55.6% (25.7 crore) of these are women account holders and 66.8% (30.9 crore) accounts are in rural and semi-urban areas,…

Financial inclusion is a major step towards inclusive growth which ensures the overall economic development of the marginalised sections of the society, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Sunday. The success of the Pradhan…

A US treasury official has concluded his visit to India that included meetings among others with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, with discussions on issues like energy prices and Ukraine. On August 26, Deputy Treasury…

Union Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman stressed on the importance of financial inclusion which the Prime Minister very strongly takes up to ensure inclusion for all strata of the society through various…

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to attend a bankers' conclave in Kohima on Tuesday, and visit a state-run higher secondary school to interact with students, officials said. Sitharaman, who is on a three-day tour…

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said nearly 60 per cent of all the vaccines used in the world are produced in India and over the decades, the country has made remarkable contribution to vaccinating the world. India today…

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the Centre has ensured that those who cheated banks are relentlessly pursued and money recovered by auctioning their properties is being returned to banks. She said that while the…

The central government is looking into cases of alleged tax evasion by three Chinese mobile companies, OPPO, Vivo India and Xiaomi. For Chinese processing and manufacturing enterprises that originally tried to make India an overseas…