New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Petrol and diesel prices are set to increase from Friday midnight as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced an additional special excise duty (SAED) of Re 1 and a road and…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the government plans to ensure piped water supply to all rural households by 2024 under the Jal Jeevan Mission. “Ensuring India’s water…
Chennai, July 5 (IANS) With the setting up of a new commercial arm-New Space India Limited (NSIL)- the Indian space agency will now be able to produce fast its new rocket Small Satellite Launch Vehicle…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) An amount of Rs 400 crore for building world class institutions in the country was sanctioned in the Union budget that was tabled in the Parliament by Union Finance Minister…
Mumbai, July 5 (IANS) The gold industry on Friday slammed the hike in import duty of gold from 10 per cent to 12.50 per cent, saying it will be counter-productive and hit the Indian retail…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Union Finance MInister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship schemes Ujjawala and Saubhagya have transformed the lives of rural families. Presenting the Budget in Parliament,…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Union Finance MInister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that the government aims to achieve its objective of providing a house to everyone by 2022. Presenting the Budget in Parliament, the…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Presenting her first Union Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed to transfer the regulatory authority over housing finance sector to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) from the National Housing…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) The government on Friday hiked its disinvestment target in the current fiscal from Rs 90,000 crore to Rs 1.05 lakh crore. Announcing this in her Budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) In a move to attract more foreign funds into the Indian market, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday proposed to allow foreign institutional investors (FIIs) and foreign portfolio investors (FPIs)…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) The government has asked market regulator Sebi to look at raising the minimum public shareholding level in listed companies to 35 per cent from the current 25 per cent, Finance…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) The beleagured power sector may get some relief as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman on Friday said that the government will improve the “Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana” and it will announce…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced the setting up of a social stock exchange under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for listing of organisations which work…