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PMO asks FinMin to conduct detailed study on issuance of overseas sovereign bonds
India's sovereign external debt-to-GDP level is among the lowest globally at less than 5 per cent.
Finance Secretary Garg seeks retirement after being shifted to Power Ministry
Subhash Chandra Garg, the senior-most bureaucrat in the Finance Ministry, was in charge of the Department of Economic Affairs.
Taking goods abroad for exhibitions will not have to generate tax invoice
Goods taken abroad in this manner are required to be either sold or brought back within a period of 6 months from the date of removal.
18 pc GST on flat owners paying monthly maintenance of over Rs 7,500
Tax liability would be calculated for a person who owns two or more flats in the housing society or residential complex.
RTI Act changes ill-advised
Central ICs had the status of election commissioners, and state ICs the status of chief secretary in salary and allowance matters.
Journalists meet PCI over finance ministry curbs
The finance ministry has banned govt-accredited mediapersons from entering the ministry without prior appointment.
Deposits in Jan Dhan accounts cross Rs 1 lakh crore
Over 50 per cent of the Jan Dhan account holders are women.
Govt to soon issue clarification on applicability of surcharge on FPIs: Finmin
FM Sitharaman proposed to increase surcharge from 15 pc to 25 pc on taxable income between Rs 2 cr and Rs 5 cr.
Tea industry seeks exemption of TDS on cash withdrawal
The tea body said that the wages paid to the tea garden workers were both in cash and in kind.
Economic Survey: FinMin makes progress in strategic sale of 28 CPSEs
DIPAM had raised about Rs 85,000 crore from CPSE disinvestment in 2018-19.