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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said that there is no chance of India getting into recession or stagflation.

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council meeting ended its two-day deliberations today, where a host of issues like rate rationalisation, levying 28 per cent tax on online gaming and horse racing and the vexed issue of continuing GST compensation to states, were discussed.

The GST Council on Tuesday approved changes in tax rates on some goods and services while allowing states to issue an e-way bill for intra-state movement of gold and precious stones, officials said. It was the first day of the two-day meeting of the GST Council which is headed by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, and is going on in Chandigarh.

The two-day 47th GST (Goods and Services Tax) Council meeting, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman, which started in Chandigarh today, is underway.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that the government has protected farmers from the rise in prices of fertilizers globally and an additional amount of Rs 1.10 lakh crore is being provided.

Fuel prices came down today, a day after the central government cut the excise duty on petrol and diesel. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman yesterday announced a record cut of Rs 8 per litre of petrol and Rs 6 per litre on diesel.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made several announcements today, including a sharp cut in central excise duty on fuel prices. The announcements come as retail inflation surged to an eight-year high in April, driven by rising fuel and food prices

The Union Minister for Finance, Nirmala Sitharaman, is travelling to the United States on an official visit beginning April 18, 2022.

Nirmala Sitharaman responding to the budget discussion in the Rajya Sabha, blamed the Ukraine war for the disruptions to supply chains, and the unprecedented increase in global oil prices over a "couple of weeks" has resulted in the steepest hike on record in petrol and diesel prices.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will table the Jammu and Kashmir budget for the financial year 2022-23 in Parliament on Monday.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has ripped into Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over her "typical UP-type" remark while countering Rahul Gandhi's criticism of the Union Budget on Tuesday.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today took a swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for what she called "uninformed comment on the budget" and said that he should first implement what he preaches in states governed by his party.

The "Health and Education Cess" is not allowed as a business expenditure, Union Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman clarified while presenting the Union Budget today and stressed the need to impart supplementary teaching and to build a resilient mechanism for education delivery.

The Union budget unveiled by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman today will be rejected by the people, the Congress said today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had instructed that taxes not be raised amid the Covid pandemic, Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told reporters today after presenting the Union budget in parliament. PM Modi, she added, had given the same direction las

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said that there is no chance of India getting into recession or stagflation.

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council meeting ended its two-day deliberations today, where a host of issues like rate rationalisation, levying 28 per cent tax on online gaming and horse racing and the vexed issue of continuing GST compensation to states, were discussed.

The GST Council on Tuesday approved changes in tax rates on some goods and services while allowing states to issue an e-way bill for intra-state movement of gold and precious stones, officials said. It was the first day of the two-day meeting of the GST Council which is headed by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, and is going on in Chandigarh.

The two-day 47th GST (Goods and Services Tax) Council meeting, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman, which started in Chandigarh today, is underway.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that the government has protected farmers from the rise in prices of fertilizers globally and an additional amount of Rs 1.10 lakh crore is being provided.

Fuel prices came down today, a day after the central government cut the excise duty on petrol and diesel. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman yesterday announced a record cut of Rs 8 per litre of petrol and Rs 6 per litre on diesel.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made several announcements today, including a sharp cut in central excise duty on fuel prices. The announcements come as retail inflation surged to an eight-year high in April, driven by rising fuel and food prices

The Union Minister for Finance, Nirmala Sitharaman, is travelling to the United States on an official visit beginning April 18, 2022.

Nirmala Sitharaman responding to the budget discussion in the Rajya Sabha, blamed the Ukraine war for the disruptions to supply chains, and the unprecedented increase in global oil prices over a "couple of weeks" has resulted in the steepest hike on record in petrol and diesel prices.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will table the Jammu and Kashmir budget for the financial year 2022-23 in Parliament on Monday.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has ripped into Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over her "typical UP-type" remark while countering Rahul Gandhi's criticism of the Union Budget on Tuesday.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today took a swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for what she called "uninformed comment on the budget" and said that he should first implement what he preaches in states governed by his party.

The "Health and Education Cess" is not allowed as a business expenditure, Union Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman clarified while presenting the Union Budget today and stressed the need to impart supplementary teaching and to build a resilient mechanism for education delivery.

The Union budget unveiled by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman today will be rejected by the people, the Congress said today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had instructed that taxes not be raised amid the Covid pandemic, Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told reporters today after presenting the Union budget in parliament. PM Modi, she added, had given the same direction las