In ‘India’s Finance Ministers: Volume 2’, AK Bhattacharya looks at how the 12 finance ministers in the period between 1977 to 1998 took the country from a closed, agrarian economy to a liberal one.
The resignation came after it was formally decided in the party meeting that the country needs a new finance minister and Nawaz Sharif nominated Dar for the 'tough' job.
Ali Sabry's departure is in keeping with the trend of govt officials distancing themselves from the powerful Rajapaksa family in face of growing public anger over surge in inflation.
Sitharaman said the Modi govt doesn't collect data on Bitcoin transactions. Centre plans to introduce cryptocurrency bill that seeks to ban all but a few private cryptocurrencies.
The conference beginning on 17 November will focus on the flow of credit into different sectors of the economy in a seamless manner, according to the Finance Ministry.
Sitharaman said any delay won't be due to a lack of political will. The 65-year old insurer's internal valuation hasn't been done & the process will take time, she added.
Finance Minister Sitharaman is on an official US visit to attend the annual meet of the World Bank and IMF and G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting.
While addressing members of the Confederation of Indian Industry, FM Nirmala Sitharaman also assured that the proposed Development Financial institution will become functional soon.
The Finance Minister said it was due to use of digitisation through banking correspondents that govt's financial disbursements were distributed to the poor even during Covid pandemic.
The world watched aghast as police armed with tasers, tear-gas masks—and in one case backed up by snipers—arrested hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters at universities across the United States.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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