NEW DELHI: In a faceoff on micro-blogging platform X, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Congress MP Jairam Ramesh traded charges over the Atal Pension Yojana, with govt dismissing charges of coercion and enrollment of beneficiaries without their consent.It all began on Tuesday morning with Ramesh citing a study by the Indian Council of Social Science…
MUMBAI: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday denied there was any quid pro quo in contributions to BJP through electoral bonds (EBs) and raids on corporates by ED.In response to a question at The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence in Mumbai, Sitharaman dismissed such allegations as loose talk. “Linking it (buying of bonds)…
Surat: Textile traders from the city met union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday in New Delhi and raised concerns over the newly introduced payment norms in the Income Tax Act. Meanwhile, city’s weaving industry players have supported the new norms and demanded strict implementation in a letter written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on…
NEW DELHI: From an economy that was on the road to nowhere and faced a crisis in 2014, the Modi govt rescued it from a state of despair and paralysis, containing prices to provide relief to households and repairing public finances through prudent fiscal policies, said the white paper on the economy unveiled in Parliament…
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has been leading the Modi government’s economic management in the second term. In a detailed interview after presenting her sixth straight budget, she spoke to TOI on a wide range of issues, and said that govt held its hand while presenting the vote on account as it did not want to…
NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman‘s sharp response following a discussion on the economic situation in India saw her take the “light banter” route to highlight how former finance minister and senior Congress member P Chidambaram cited the arguments put forth by TMC member Derek O’Brien during his speech on the economic situation. Without naming…
