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New Delhi: Rejecting US President Donald Trump's "dead economy" remark on India, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said that global economic growth is currently around 3.2 per cent, while India recorded an 8.2 per cent growth in the last quarter. However, India continues to be one of the fastest-growing major economies globally," she said while replying on the debate on the supplementary demands for grants - first batch for 2025-26 which was taken up in Lok Sabha. Later, the Ho ...Read More >
GUWAHATI Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Monday (December 15, 2025), mourned the death of Prafulla Gobinda Baruah, the owner, editor, and managing director of The Assam Tribune group, which publishes the oldest running English newspaper in the northeast. Baruah breathed his last at a private hospital in Guwahati at 9:30 p.m. on Sunday (December 14). "Saddened by the passing away of PG Baruah Ji, Editor and Managing Director of The Assam Tribune Group. He will be remembered for his contributi ...Read More >
New Delhi: India's economy has moved from a state of fragility in 2013 to become the fastest growing major economy for multiple years now, showing its transition from external vulnerability to external resilience, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman told the Parliament on Monday. Replying to the debate on the first supplementary demands for grants in the Lok Sabha, the minister also said that collective work was needed to reduce debt at central and state levels. Sitharaman told the House that ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) While the global growth is 3.2 per cent, India is growing at 8.2 per cent, becoming the fastest growing major economy and every global institution is raising their growth outlook for the country in current fiscal (FY26), Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told Parliament on Monday. Stressing that no "dead economy gets a credit rating upgrade," she further stated that India got rating upgrades from three major global agencies -- Morningstar DBRS, S&P and R&I. ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma called on Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman here on Monday to discuss key issues related to the state's development and the welfare of its people. According to a release, during the meeting, a wide range of matters concerning Assam's economic growth, infrastructure development, and public welfare initiatives were deliberated upon. The discussion focused on strengthening cooperation between the Centre and the ...Read More >
Here are three things to know about Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar II and why a stamp to commemorate him has been released now. A commemorative postage stamp in honour of the king Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar II (Suvaran Maran) was released by Vice President C P Radhakrishnan on Sunday. Commenting on this, Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted on X that Suvaran Maran "was a formidable administrator blessed with remarkable vision, foresight and strategic brilliance... I call upon more youngsters to read abou ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 14 (PTI) NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar on Sunday said talent and leadership are not limited to persons with privileged backgrounds and stressed the need to identify and support capable individuals from ordinary families to bring positive change in society. Speaking at the Sharad Pawar Inspire Fellowship award ceremony held at Yashwantrao Chavan Centre here, he said the fellowship programme has been designed keeping in mind the life and values of Yashwantrao Chavan, Maharashtra's f ...Read More >
The Bill aims to augment resources for meeting expenditure on national security and public health. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday moved The Health Security se National Security Cess Bill, 2025 in Lok Sabha for consideration and passing in the Lok Sabha. Speaking in the Lok Sabha, "I rise to move that the bill to augment the resources for meeting expenditure on national security and for public health and to levy assess for the said purposes on the machines installed or ot ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 5 (PTI) The Lok Sabha on Friday passed a bill to levy a cess on manufacturing units of pan masala, and utilise the fund for strengthening national security and improving public health. Replying to the debate on the Health Security se National Security Cess Bill, 2025, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the cess will be shared with the states, as public health is a state subject. The bill was later passed by voice vote by the Lok Sabha. The bill seeks to augment the resour ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Reserve Bank of India's Deputy Governor, Poonam Gupta, has responded to recent International Monetary Fund (IMF) comments questioning the quality of India's growth data and classifying the Indian rupee's exchange rate regime as a "crawling peg" within a managed float system.On the concern regarding data quality, Gupta said that the IMF's critique is more procedural than substantive. "The point that they're making on what is perceived to be the quality of our statistics is a very limited ...Read More >
The Lok Sabha faced multiple adjournments on the first day of the winter session due to persistent opposition sloganeering. Despite attempts to introduce crucial bills, proceedings lasted barely 50 minutes. Finance Minister Sitharaman tabled the Manipur GST Amendment Bill amidst calls for order and decorum within the house. The Lok Sabha's winter session commenced with turbulence as the opposition's endless sloganeering led to multiple adjournments on the first day. Proceedings lasted a mere 50 ...Read More >
The report highlighted LIC's May 2025 investment of USD 570 million (around Rs 5,000 crore) in Adani Ports & SEZ (APSEZ). Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said her ministry does not issue advisory or directions to Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) regarding its investment decisions, and emphasised that the investments that the state-owned insurer made in Adani Group were as per established SOPs. India's largest insurer has, over the years, made investment decisions across ...Read More >
Besides, The Central Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2025, and 'The Health Security se National Security Cess Bill, 2025' are listed for introduction by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lok Sabha on Monday. The government has listed nine economic bills, including a bill to amend Insurance Laws and two others to levy tax and cess on sin goods like tobacco and pan masala, for the Winter Session of Parliament beginning Monday. Also, the first batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants for 2025- ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): As the first day of the Winter Session of Parliament on Monday witnessed repeated disruptions, BJP MP Kangana Ranaut criticised the Opposition, accusing them of deliberate obstruction and growing desperation following consecutive electoral setbacks. Speaking to reporters outside Parliament, Ranaut said, "The more they (the Opposition) lose, the more frustrated they become. The Congress and the rest of the parties have reached a point of desperation," she sai ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The number of complaints in which insurance companies have not resolved cashless health claim settlements within the stipulated time has come down to 0.39 per cent of the total complaints received in the first half (April-September) of 2025-26, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed the Parliament on Monday. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, the Finance Minister said during the financial year 2024-25, a total of 2,57,790 complaints were r ...Read More >
For the first time, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday (November 18, 2025) held a separate meeting with startup founders and representatives as part of her pre-Budget consultations. "Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. @nsitharaman chairs the fifth Pre-Budget consultation with the stakeholders from the startups ecosystem in connection with the forthcoming Union Budget 2026-27, in New Delhi, today," the Ministry of Finance announced on Tuesday on its social medi ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 19 (PTI) Dedicated refinance window on the lines of NHB for the NBFC sector and aligning long-term capital gains tax with fixed deposits to encourage deposit mobilisation are some of asks presented before Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday during a pre-Budget meeting with the representatives of BFSI sector here. There is a need to create a dedicated refinance window for NBFCs (non-banking financial companies) to ensure a smooth and sustainable flow of funds and reso ...Read More >
Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday chaired the first pre-Budget consultation meeting with country's leading economists in New Delhi in connection with the upcoming Union Budget 2026-27. New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday chaired the first pre-Budget consultation meeting with country's leading economists in New Delhi in connection with the upcoming Union Budget 2026-27. Th ...Read More >
Meanwhile, confusion prevailed on the Panjab University campus on Wednesday, with the release of the notification by the Ministry of Education, stating that the Centre "withdraws its decision to scrap the Panjab University Senate". Accusing the Centre of making a mockery of the issue as "no notification has been cancelled and the government has merely tried to create confusion," the Students Organisation of Panjab University (SOPU) on Wednesday reiterated that the call for a massive protest on ...Read More >
Guwahati: Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs,Nirmala Sitharaman said that under the Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment Scheme, the Central Government provides interest-free loans to States for a period of 50 years and Assam has performed effectively in utilizing these funds in a planned and productive manner. Sitharaman, inaugurated two landmark infrastructure projects in Guwahati this evening -- the Gateway of Guwahati Terminal and Jetty and the Brahmaputra Riverf ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 31 (ANI): The official visit of Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman to Bhutan has been cancelled due to bad weather conditions at Paro. The visit was earlier scheduled to take place from October 30 to November 2, 2025. Sitharaman was to lead the Indian delegation from the Department of Economic Affairs on the four-day official visit, aimed at strengthening economic and financial ties between India and Bhutan. According to the Ministry's s ...Read More >
New Delhi: PIB Fact Check on Monday warned internet users of an AI-manipulated video of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman suggesting an investment scheme to earn Rs 60,000 in 24 hours and Rs 10 lakh a month. The fact-checking unit of Press Information Bureau (PIB) said that the video is false and misleading as it was digitally altered. "A video on Facebook falsely shows Union Finance Minister @nsitharaman promoting an 'investment program' that promises easy daily income. The Finance Minister ...Read More >
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], October 24 (ANI): Ad filmmaker Prahlad Kakkar on Friday paid tribute to advertisement legend Piyush Pandey, calling him his partner and recalling the laughter and camaraderie they shared. "We were the most irreverent people in advertising. We never took ourselves seriously. We never took anybody else seriously. Whenever we used to meet, we used to laugh a lot. We used to laugh at the world. We always used to do that. I'll really miss that with him because he was my p ...Read More >
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said that the GST 2.0 reforms, which came into effect from September 22, have given a significant push to the domestic automotive industry, with car sales more than doubling to over half a million units. New Delhi, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said that the GST 2.0 reforms, which came into effect from September 22, have given a significant push to the domestic automotive industry, with car sales more than doubling to over half ...Read More >
Mumbai, Oct 24 (PTI) 'India's Adman', Piyush Pandey, who redefined advertising in the country by making Hindi mainstream with liberal dosages of humour and broke the mould of English-dominated campaigns, died on Friday morning due to illness. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with Union Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal, condoled the death of Jaipur-born Pandey (70), who gave memorable ads for brands such as Cadbury's (Asli Swaad Zindagi ka), Fevicol (Yeh Fevicol ka Jod Hai, Tuteg ...Read More >
Mumbai, Oct 24 (PTI) Piyush Pandey, advertising industry legend who was behind a number of iconic campaigns, died in the early hours of Friday, his family said. He was 70. His sister Ila Arun, an actor, said Pandey breathed his last at 5.50 am on Friday at a private hospital in Mumbai, where he was undergoing treatment for the last few days after complaining of respiratory complications. "He was very fond of sports and used to describe our family as a team of 11, including nine siblings and ou ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: India's festive retail sales have reached an all-time high this year, highlighting the impact of recent economic policies, including GST rate rationalisation, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday. Speaking at the inaugural event of the new CGST Bhawan in Ghaziabad, FM Sitharaman said that the next generation GST reforms will make this system even more efficient, equitable and growth-oriented. "I am confident that with continued reforms, dedication and teamwork, w ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 24 (ANI): The demise of advertising legend Piyush Pandey has left everyone across the nation in deep grief and shock. Tributes have been pouring in since news of Piyush Pandey's death emerged online. Paying her condolences, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on X wrote, "Saddened to hear of the passing of Shri Piyush Pandey. A titan and legend of Indian advertising, he transformed communication by bringing everyday idioms, earthy humor, and genuine warmth ...Read More >
Mumbai: The demise of advertising legend Piyush Pandey has left everyone across the nation in deep grief and shock. Tributes have been pouring in since news of Piyush Pandey's death emerged online. Finance Minister Condoles Death of Piyush Pandey Paying her condolences, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on X wrote, "Saddened to hear of the passing of Shri Piyush Pandey. A titan and legend of Indian advertising, he transformed communication by bringing everyday idioms, earthy humor, and genu ...Read More >
New Delhi: Piyush Pandey, the legendary creative force behind some of India's most iconic advertisements for Fevicol, Cadbury, and Asian Paints, passed away on Friday at the age of 70. He had been suffering from an infection. His final rites will be conducted at 11 am at Shivaji Park in Mumbai. The Voice of Indian Advertising With a career spanning nearly four decades, Pandey served as the Chief Creative Officer Worldwide and Executive Chairman India of Ogilvy. He joined Ogilvy in 1982, initia ...Read More >
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