Dialogue needed between FinMin, tax officials: Sitharaman
Ahmedabad: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said it is important to have a dialogue between her ministry and tax officials. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said it is important to have a dialogue More...
IRCTC to restore service charges on e-tickets
New Delhi: E-tickets bought through IRCTC will get more costly as the Indian Railways has decided to restore service fee charges, almost three years after they were withdrawn to promote digital payments, a pet project More...
Giriraj Prasad Gupta takes over as new CGA
New Delhi: Giriraj Prasad Gupta, a 1983-batch Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS) officer, took over as the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) with effect from August 1, 2019. Anthony Lianzuala Gupta succeeds More...
Subhash Chandra Garg takes over as new Power Secretary
New Delhi: Senior bureaucrat and former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg on Friday took over as the new Power Secretary. The senior most officer in the Ministry of Finance, Garg was shifted to the Power Ministry More...
Govt extends ITR filing deadline till Aug 31
New Delhi: The government today extended the last date for filing income tax returns for assessment year 2018-19 by a month to August 31. Government today extended the last date for filing income tax returns for More...
A day after tax revision, fuel prices hiked by over Rs 2
New Delhi: Fuel prices were revised across the country on Saturday, a day after the announcement of additional excise duty and cess of Re 1 per litre on petrol and diesel. Representative image. In Delhi, petrol More...
BJP lauds Budget, Congress calls it ‘old wine in new bottle’
New Delhi: Top BJP leaders including several ministers hailed the government for presenting a “futuristic” budget after coming back to power, while opposition Congress termed it as a “repackaging More...
Highlights of Union Budget for 2019-20
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presenting Union Budget 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha on Frida New Delhi: Highlights of the Union Budget for 2019-20 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament More...
Modi-2.0 Budget: Petrol, diesel price hiked, customs duty raised on 75 items, new tax on super-rich
New Delhi: The Modi 2.0 government’s maiden Budget Friday hiked petrol and diesel prices, raised import duty on dozens of items and increased tax on the super-rich as it sought to spur growth through higher More...
Budget 2019-20: Here is what favours you and what does not
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday presented the first budget of the new Narendra Modi government. Announcing key measures for the common man, Sitharaman More...
