Nirmala Sitharaman

Need robust global cooperation to fight cross-border tax evasion, avoidance: FM

11:53 pm December 9, 2020

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday stressed upon the need for robust global cooperation to fight cross-border tax evasion and avoidance. Addressing the 13th Plenary Meeting of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes, she called upon the international community for further strengthening and broadening of the tax […]

Financial package continues govt’s efforts to help all sections of society: PM

10:07 pm November 12, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asserted that the “Aatmanirbhar Bharat” package announced on Thursday continues his government’s efforts to help all sections of society. In a tweet, he said these initiatives will help create jobs, alleviate the stressed sectors, ensure liquidity, boost manufacturing, energise the real estate sector and support farmers. Finance Minister […]

PM Modi to interact with CMs on Thursday over COVID situation, vaccination drive

PM to chair virtual global investor roundtable on Thursday

7:56 pm November 3, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Thursday chair a virtual global investor roundtable that will provide an opportunity to leading global investors and Indian business leaders to engage and deliberate with senior policy makers on how to further accelerate the growth of international investments in the country. The Virtual Global Investor Roundtable (VGIR) is being organised by the […]

Nirmala wanted me out of Finance Ministry, says former finance secretary Garg

7:08 pm October 31, 2020

New Delhi: Subhash Chandra Garg, the former finance secretary who was shunted out of the finance ministry within three weeks of Modi-2.0 government’s first budget last year, on Saturday alleged that new Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman got him transferred out. Garg, who took voluntary retirement soon after being moved from the finance ministry – where he handled […]

India, UK strike new COVID-19 research tie-ups

3:28 pm October 29, 2020

London: India and the UK have clinched new partnerships to boost bilateral cooperation on combating the coronavirus pandemic as part of the 10th UK-India Economic and Financial Dialogue (EFD), held virtually following the COVID-19 lockdown and travel constraints. A GBP 8-million joint funding initiative announced on Wednesday as part of the EFD outcomes will support collaborative research […]