Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman talks about equitable access and widespread distribution of coronavirus vaccines; elaborates on India's immunisation programme

It is proposed to constitute a committee to undertake a comprehensive review of the working of ARCs in the financial sector ecosystem, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said

President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday ordered France into its third national lockdown and said schools would close for three weeks as he sought to push back a third wave of COVID-19 infections that threatens to overwhelm hospitals

The government on Wednesday reduced the interest on the PPF scheme to 6.4 per cent for the April-June quarter from 7.1 per cent in the January-March period

Fifteen years in the making, only 650 km of the dedicated freight corridor has opened. Meeting the 3,381-km target by June 2022 appears a distant dream

As tech helps tax authorities check evasion and fraud, taxpayers complain of harassment and misuse of powers

Income tax rule changes: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced new income tax rules in her Union Budget 2021 speech

The proposal to allow cotton and sugar imports from India will be presented before Pakistan's Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet for approval at the meeting convened by the country's Ministry of Commerce

We've decided that Air India will be 100 per cent disinvested. The choice isn't between disinvestment and non-disinvestment. It's between disinvestment and closing down, said Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri

FM Sitharaman launches Central Scrutiny Centre to scrutinise user filingsMinister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday virtually launched Central Scrutiny Centre (CSC), an initiative of Corporate Affairs Ministry, to scrutinise the filings by users under straight through processes. The finance minister also launched the mobile app of Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA). The two initiatives aim to strengthen Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision ...

The session started on January 29 and was originally slated to end on April 8 but several members had urged Speaker Om Birla to end it early so that they can focus on electioneering in four states and Puducherry

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Replying to supplementaries during the Question Hour, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said in 2003, there was only one All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the country in Delhi

Some traders were anticipating this move in the backdrop of expectations that the overall direct tax collection would exceed the revised target

This Special Festival Allowance Scheme provides an interest-free advance and can be returned in 10 easy instalments. All government employees will be given this loan in the form of a prepaid RuPay card

The bill is to set up the proposed development finance institution, which is expected to give impetus to the infrastructure sector by raising long-term funding

Stock Market News Update Today: Tech Mahindra, Tata Consultancy Services, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories and Infosys were among notable gainers, while IndusInd Bank, Power Grid Corporation of India, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, Reliance Industries were among top losers

Private sector has been given a lot of importance in Union Budget for 2021-22, and areas that have been opened up are \"rich in possibilities\" for individuals and not necessarily just large companies, FM Sitharaman says

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said the entire population of the state can be vaccinated in 3 months against COVID-19 if the Centre relaxes the eligibility criteria for vaccination; Former CEO of Jet Airways and GoAir, Vinay Dube, plans to launch a new airline in the country in 2021; Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has urged Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to reduce Goods and Service Tax (GST) on passenger vehicles. Watch this and more on News Blast.Also Read: Social media must remove content offensive to women's dignity within 24 hours: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Our MSME lending is back to pre-pandemic levels, with loan book growing at 30 per cent year-on to Rs 2,01,758 crore as of the December 2020 quarter, said Sumant Rampal, senior executive vice-president, business banking and healthcare finance