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New Delhi: The government will soon bring in a new Bill on cryptocurrency after it is approved by the Union Cabinet, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday in the Rajya Sabha. A Bill on Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency for introduction in the Lok Sabha has been included in the Lok Sabha […]

She also informed the House that the government does not collect data on Bitcoin transactions.

Hyderabad: The States are the driving force behind the country’s economic progress and the Centre must cooperate with them to compete in economic progress at international level, said IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao. He urged the Union government to extend financial support to States like Telangana which have potential to further accelerate the […]

New Delhi: As part of the government’s continuing commitment to public safety, Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has reviewed the progress made by the Customs in the safe disposal of imports, that are hazardous in nature and which remain uncleared or have been seized or confiscated. The disposal of all types of uncleared […]

Says Rs 1,383 crore pending with the Centre

There are often very good reasons for government ownership of public assets, if they are effectively used for public good

Finance Minister visited the Andhra Fine Khadi Labour Development Association, inspected the weaving processes and interacted with the artisans

The retrospective taxation, introduced by then Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in 2012 as an amendment to the Income Tax Act, proved a costly policy misadventure

Lok Sabha passes Bill that allows the government to pare its stake in State-owned insurers amid uproar

In addition to this, the FKCCI demanded that the banks and financial institutions should not insist for additional collateral security while providing stimulus to other economic sectors such as garment, hospitality, education etc.

The finance minister provided Rs 23,220 crore of additional funding to set up children and pediatric care at hospitals to prepare healthcare infrastructure to deal with any emergency.

Centre’s relief package may hold promise for the long term but what India needs is urgent measures to revive demand

The Ministry of Electronics and IT has cleared 16 proposals from domestic and international companies entailing investment of Rs 11,000 crore.

As per government data, more than 1.56 lakh out of 2.5 lakh gram panchayats have already been connected and are service-ready.

The broad messages conveyed to the investors include the "significant drop" in daily Covid cases and "strong relief and reforms" undertaken by Government during the pandemic times

The portal launched on June 7 continued to face glitches, including longer logging in time, inability to generate OTP for Aadhaar validation, non-availability of ITRs for past years.

Writes to Nirmala seeking changes to ensure maximum benefits to MSMEs

GST collection for the month of May stood at Rs 1,02,709 crore, as per the Ministry of Finance, its eighth month in a row when GST revenue has stayed above the Rs 1 lakh crore mark.

BJP, Congress in their bid to find fault with the State government's decision, conveniently ignored decisions taken by their respective governments to sell government properties

Tax on medical grade oxygen, oxygen concentrators, ventilators, BiPAP machines and high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) devices has been cut to 5 per cent from 12 per cent.