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Thiruvananthapuram:  Veteran CPI-M leader and former Finance Minister T.Sivadasa Menon passed away at a private hospital in Kozhikode on Tuesday, party sources said. He was 90. Menon, a teacher by profession, had quit his job in 1986 and…

New Delhi:  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that 100 cargo terminals will be developed during the next three years under the PM Gati Shakti master plan. "100 PM Gati Shakti cargo terminals for multimodal logistic…

New Delhi:  A delegation of the Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) called on Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at her office on Friday, and urged her to increase SEIS duty credit scrips percentage to 10 per cent. SEIS or…

New Delhi:  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that in India, fiscal policy measures are being taken to get better environmental outcomes. In her address at the G20 High-Level Tax Symposium on Tax Policy and Climate Change,…

New Delhi: The much-anticipated GST Council meeting on Friday came up with some respite for items related to Covid relief, exempting integrated GST (IGST) from such imports till August 31, 2021. In another major decision, the council…

Mumbai:  Financial markets continued to surge on Tuesday morning with the BSE Sensex gaining over 1,400 points to reclaim the landmark 50,000-mark. Investors continued to cheer the fact that the budget did not announce any additional…

New Delhi:  To boost digital payments, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday proposed a Rs 1,500 crore scheme during her budget presentation. "To give a further boost to digital transactions, I earmark Rs 1,500 crore for a…

New Delhi:  Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday proposed the extension of tax holiday for startups by one more year. The move announced during the Budget presentation comes as India focuses on Aatmanirbhar Bharat mission…

New Delhi:  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced a record sum of Rs 1,10,055 crore for Indian Railways of which Rs 1,07,100 crore is for the capital expenditure. She said the national transporter will monetise the…

New Delhi:  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced that the government will launch a Securities Market Code in a bid to streamline the securities market. The Code will include SEBI Act, Govt Securities Act and…