Chit Fund matter is state government's responsibility

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday that the State would provide health insurance cover of Rs 1.25 lakh each for artistes and technicians of studios associated with the Bengal film industry (known informally as Tollywood). We are ...

stating that some among the 26 state-owned lenders may be better off merging. "Some banks, including among 26 public sector banks that we have, may be better off merging," Chidambaram said in his inaugural lecture on the occasion of Annual Day of Competition ...

In Uttarakhand, a two-day meeting of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on Goods and Services Tax commenced in Mussorie this morning.Chief Ministers holding Finance Portfolio, State Finance Ministers, Union Finance Minister's Advisor and Union ...

At a time when the Finance Minister has tried to allay investor concerns about the state of the economy and criticised rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) for not improving India’s rating, the reality presents a completely different picture with ...

Two-and-a-half years as Chief Minister, and about a year before the state goes to polls, N. Kiran Kumar Reddy is fighting fit to take on the Opposition. It will be a pure positive vote this time based on the performance of my government, Reddy told this ...

Head of the state finance ministers panel on GST says biggest bottleneck in implementing the tax is compensation

Terming as shocking and unfortunate Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram's reported statement favouring special category status to Bihar before report of a sub-committee, ruling BJD on Monday accused Congress of working against the interest of Odisha. "As far ...

, Pakistani former prime minister Nawaz Sharif (R) talks with party leader Ishaq Dar after a court decision in Lahore. Photo - AFP Pakistan election-winner Nawaz Sharif has picked a veteran finance minister to serve in his cabinet as Karachi stocks ...

May 11: State finance ministers have turned down the Centre's request to place mobile phones and tablets on the list of declared goods under the proposed goods and service tax (GST) regime, saying the idea is untenable.