New Delhi [India], As the nation awaits the Union Budget 2024-25, the Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs chaired a meeting with the 8th Pre-Budget Consultation with experts from the employment and development sectors skills to take suggestions for the upcoming General Budget...
Ahmedabad, Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) in Gandhinagar has collaborated with TiE, Inc. (formerly known as The Indus Entrepreneurs) to drive economic growth, create employment opportunities through entrepreneurship and facilitate a robust business ecosystem in the country...
BENGALURU: Karnataka minister Priyank Kharge on Tuesday said he will fly to New Delhi on June 26 and is likely to meet Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to seek investment promotion on the lines of Gujarat.Kharge, who holds the Information Technology/Biotechnology department, said the...
New Delhi, Mindspace Business Parks REIT has raised Rs 650 crore from the International Finance Corporation by issuing sustainability-linked bonds.The company will use the fund primarily to refinance existing loans.In a regulatory filing on Tuesday, Mindspace REIT announced its...
COLOMBO: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka has approved a debt restructuring deal with its creditors while talks with international sovereign bondholders will continue further, Cabinet spokesman and minister Bandula Gunawardena said on Tuesday.Gunawardena also said that top treasury officials along with...
Nairobi [Kenya], Protesting against Kenya's controversial finance bill, Auma Obama, half-sister of former US President Barack Obama, was tear-gassed live on Tuesday, according to CNN.The incident occurred when Auma Obama, a Kenyan-British activist, was chatting with CNN's Larry Madowo with a...
New Delhi, In an effort to boost the economy, representatives of various industries on Tuesday urged Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to reduce the incidence of indirect taxes and rationalize the tariff structure where necessary.In a pre-budget meeting with Finance Minister Nirmala...
New Delhi [India], As part of pre-Budget consultations, Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman today chaired a meeting in New Delhi with representatives of commerce and services to take suggestions for the upcoming Budget General 2024-25.During the meeting, the...
New Delhi, Tata Motors on Tuesday said it has partnered with Bajaj Finance Ltd to offer financing solutions across its entire commercial vehicle portfolio.The company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bajaj Finance Limited, part of Bajaj Finserv Limited and will provide...
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Chairman of the 16th Finance Commission of India, Arvind Panagariya, said that the Commission cannot examine the participation of a state in isolation. The President addressed the media in Shimla on Monday.Responding to media questions on a green bond for...
Making a presentation on financial needs to the visiting team of the 16th Finance Commission here, Sukhu said the state is prone to natural disasters and it should be given special preference in post-disaster relief and management. "The disaster risk index should be prepared on the basis of...
Shimla, the 16th Finance Commission will take up issues regarding distribution of freebies and compensation for providing green cover, Chairman Arvind Panagariya said on Monday.Talking to reporters here after deliberations with the Himachal Pradesh government, Panagariya said the expectations...
"For us, the reforms are a means to improve the lives of 140 crore Indians. After the introduction of GST, goods for household use have become much cheaper. This has resulted in significant savings for the poor and the common man. We are committed to continue this journey of reforms to transform...
PNNNew Delhi [India], June 24: Lawyered, India's leading legal technology startup, recently participated in the third edition of the FADA Finance & Insurance Summit 2024 on June 14, held in Mumbai. The event was organized by the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) where most...
New Delhi, As G20 finance ministers prepare to consider a wealth tax on the super-rich next month, a survey has revealed that 68 percent of people in these countries, including 74 percent in the India, support the idea of addressing global hunger. Inequality and climate crisis.The survey...
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Finance Minister K. N. Balagopal has called for a review of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) tax share ratio among the central states and said 60 per cent should go to the states, while now it is shared equally.Currently, the ratio is 50:50 and it should be changed...
New Delhi, ESAF Small Finance Bank's Dabba Savings Account campaign has received global recognition and has won a bronze medal under the Sustainable Development Goals category at the Cannes Lions, said K Paul Thomas, its Managing Director.The campaign aims to promote financial inclusion, which...
New Delhi, The Union government should carefully and leisurely examine the long-standing demand of Andhra Pradesh and Bihar for special category status as it could set a precedent and put extreme pressure on the Centre's fiscal resources, said the former Niti Aayog. Vice President Rajiv Kumar...
New Delhi: The GST Council will have to reconstitute the three Group of Ministers (GoM) under it as new ministers from 11 states joined the body on Saturday.Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that 11 new ministers from Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh...
Nairobi, Nationwide protests have broken out in Kenya over a controversial tax bill. The Finance Bill 2024, initially introduced in parliament in May, has sparked discontent with an increase in a number of taxes and levies on Kenyans.The mass protests, initially organized in the capital...