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Sajid Javid became Britains first ethnic minority finance minister on Wednesday, capping off an unlikely rise from a humble start on a street dubbed the countrys worst to holding the purse strings for the worlds fifth-biggest economy. (Photo: Twitter/ Sajid Javid)

Sajid Javid becomes first Pakistan-origin UK Finance Minister

During an almost 20 year career in banking he also oversaw trading in debt instruments blamed for causing the global...

25 July 2019 9:15 AM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressing Cooperative Group Housing Society Maha Sammelan. (Photo: ANI)

Finance Minister seeks to allay fears on surcharge on super rich

RBI has opened an indirect liquidity window to aid banks to give funds to the sector, which is facing a severe liquidity...

19 July 2019 1:27 PM IST

Former president Pranab Mukherjee with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat as RSS event begins. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

It's not coming out of heaven: Pranab Mukherjee on USD 5 trillion...

He was speaking at an event at the Mavalankar Hall, Constitution Club of India in the national capital on Thursday.

19 July 2019 8:58 AM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that every single rural family will have electricity and a clean cooking facility by 2022. (Photo: ANI)

Nirmala Sitharaman says tax targets 'absolutely' achievable: report

India expects to rake in 24.6 trillion rupees (USD 358.97 billion) in gross tax revenue in 2019-20.

12 July 2019 12:07 PM IST

Finance minister Arun Jaitley

India on upward growth trajectory, says Arun Jaitley

Economic Survey projected India's growth to rise to 7 pc in the current fiscal, from five-year low of 6.8 pc in 2018-19.

5 July 2019 9:14 AM IST

The Indian rupee is totally correlated to the crude prices and as long as the crude remains above $70, the rupee will hold weak.

Wilful defaults in India cross USD 21 billion in 2018-19

As per data from RBI, gross loans and advances in state-run banks came in at 638.2 bn rupees, as of March 31, 2019.

3 July 2019 9:37 AM IST

Reacting on Gandhis reply in Supreme Court, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, His credibility has taken a beating. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

No study on effect of note-ban: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

This was disclosed by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in reply to a question by Congress member Digvijaya Singh in...

2 July 2019 7:53 PM IST

Supreme Court of India (Photo: File)

SC dismisses contempt petitions against former, present revenue...

A Bench of Justice UU Lalit and Justice Vineet Saran JJ dismissed the contempt petition.

2 July 2019 11:08 AM IST

The answer, it seemed, was not difficult to seek for those who believed that economic growth in India, then as it is now, is state driven.

India's economic growth at 6-yr-low with GDP growth at 5pc in June...

Slowdown attributed to dull performance to low consumption, delayed monsoon, rising global trade tensions affecting...

30 Aug 2019 7:33 PM IST

Whatever be the size- small, medium, micro, nano or large entrepreneurs of this country, we want them to carry on with their business without a worry, she said at the beginning of the address. (Photo: ANI)

Want entrepreneurs to carry on business without a worry: Finance...

'Any suggestions about credibility of RBI, for me seems a bit outlandish,' she said, talking about Rahul Gandhi's...

27 Aug 2019 6:24 PM IST

So every now and then, we get these fantastic cases which have fantastic amounts and claims. They have dimensions to the competition law which many countries -- which are so-called free economies -- are struggling to understand and disaggregate so that they can handle each aspect for itself, Sitharaman said. (Photo: ANI)

Finance Minister Sitharaman calls upon regulators to catch up with new...

She said India is rapidly transforming into new economy in globalised world, which calls for strict regulatory...

23 Aug 2019 1:34 PM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that every single rural family will have electricity and a clean cooking facility by 2022. (Photo: ANI)

Sitharaman to meet heads of public and private sector banks on Monday

In the last few months, there have been signs of revival in public sector banks.

3 Aug 2019 11:24 AM IST