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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during the investors roundtable meeting hosted by FICCI and US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF), in Boston. (Photo: PTI)

UN, World Bank, IMF in need of urgent reforms: Finance Minister...

Sitharaman arrived in the US Monday for a week-long trip to attend the annual meet of the World Bank and IMF in...

13 Oct 2021 11:16 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks during a press conference at NMC in New Delhi, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. (PTI /Manvender Vashist)

No proposal to recognise Bitcoin as a currency: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

It was introduced in 2008 by an unidentified group of programmers as a cryptocurrency as well as an electronic payment...

29 Nov 2021 1:23 PM IST

Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman addresses during the launch of National Monetisation Pipeline, in New Delhi, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. (PTI/Manvender Vashist)

Crypto bill to be tabled after cabinet nod: FM

This is a risky area and not in a complete regulatory framework. No decision was taken on banning its advertisements

1 Dec 2021 10:49 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Modi's eighth Budget looms, there's still no grand...

Unemployment has naturally followed the opposite trajectory, going from about 4% before Modi became PM to 6% and then to...

31 Jan 2021 12:37 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses a press conference on Cabinet decisions, in New Delhi, Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (PTI Photo

Union Cabinet approves Bill to protect bank deposits of up to Rs 5...

Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Bill to protect bank deposits of up to Rs 5 lakh

29 July 2021 7:27 AM IST

Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman addresses during the launch of National Monetisation Pipeline, in New Delhi, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. (PTI/Manvender Vashist)

Monetisation plan unveiled

The finance minister further said the Centre will also incentivise states to monetise their public assets

24 Aug 2021 9:15 AM IST

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman would perhaps explain that the Modi government did not move the amendment to the retrospective tax amendment as it wanted it to be proved how wrong the Mukherjee move was in terms of legality. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Retro tax scrapping will not lead to spurt...

Everyone felt that it was curtains at last for what is considered Pranab Mukherjee's policy folly as finance minister in...

10 Aug 2021 2:18 AM IST

The ride has been rough for Ms Sitharaman. Despite her best efforts, and visible results on the fiscal front, both investment and consumption remain subdued due to persistent modest expectations about the near term.

Sanjaya Baru | Restoring confidence is key to economic growth

It is not at all surprising that Ms Sitharaman chose to be so bold as to claim credit for the sentiment on Dalal Street

9 Aug 2021 3:09 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the virtual launch of Customized Crash Course programme for Covid 19 Frontline workers, in New Delhi. (PTI)

Anita Katyal | Talks with Didi costly for Cong seniors; Kailash falls...

Once a favourite of home minister Amit Shah, BJP's national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya appears to have...

8 Aug 2021 2:47 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Thursday, August 5, 2021. (LSTV/PTI Photo).

Centre foregoes retro tax power

Introduces Bill to amend Income-Tax law

6 Aug 2021 12:58 AM IST

Parliamentarians in the Rajya Sabha, on the first day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, July 19, 2021. (RSTV/PTI Photo)

Rajya Sabha passes Limited Liability Partnership Amendment Bill

Amid the uproar, Sitharaman made a brief reply following which the amendment bill was passed with voice vote

4 Aug 2021 3:29 PM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks during a press conference at NMC in New Delhi, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. (PTI /Manvender Vashist)

Bad bank to get Centre's boost

Centre to guarantee Rs 30,000 crore purchase of NPAs by bad bank

17 Sept 2021 7:58 AM IST