Nirmala Sitharaman

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

India’s commitment to reform being taken seriously by foreign investors: FM

6:47 pm September 5, 2020

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said India’s commitment to reform is being taken seriously by foreign investors, which is evident from the good inflow of FDI even during the time of COVID-19. Between April-July, the Foreign Direct investment (FDI) into India stood at USD 20 billion. “India’s commitment to reform is taken seriously by investors abroad […]

CAG report on defence offset performance in next Par session: FM

8:25 pm August 22, 2020

New Delhi : Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the CAG report on defence offset performance will be tabled in the forthcoming session of Parliament. The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) on offset performance was scheduled to be tabled in the last session of Parliament but could not be done as the session had to be curtailed […]

Suspense on deputy CM, other ministers in Bihar

PM Modi meets financial regulators; discusses measures to revive COVID-hit economy

11:58 pm July 30, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held a brainstorming session with financial sector regulators and discussed various measures to revive the economy hit hard by COVID-19 crisis. According to sources, the meeting discussed various steps that regulators, especially the Reserve Bank of India, can take to push economic growth staring at the risk of contraction. RBI […]

Stay positive to overcome Covid-19 crisis, Super 30 founder tells students

8:32 pm July 23, 2020

Patna: With schools still shut due to the COVID-19 pandemic, noted mathematician Anand Kumar has lauded the Centre’s decision to launch educational TV channels for students to keep them engaged at home, and said it was important they stay positive to overcome the crisis. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had in May announced that the government would launch TV […]

PM Modi to address India Ideas Summit

3:24 pm July 16, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a global audience on the US and India as key partners and leaders in a post-COVID world at the India Ideas Summit on July 22, the US-India Business Council said on Thursday. The two-day virtual summit, organised by top advocacy group US-India Business Council (USIBC), would be […]