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Wednesday, August 20, 2025
TopicFinance ministry

Topic: finance ministry

Fighting malnutrition is a Modi govt priority, but 2 ministries don’t agree on funding

The 15th Finance Commission recommends Rs 7,735 cr for Women and Child Ministry's malnutrition programme but Finance Ministry rejects recommendation.

A 16-point agenda to double farmer income & boost agriculture, but only 3% jump in outlay

Budget allocation for agriculture has increased by just 3% — from Rs 1.39 lakh crore in 2019-20 to Rs 1.43 lakh crore — amid acute rural distress.

We’ve cut rates but you can’t miss goals – finance ministry tells tax officials

Finance ministry exhorted tax officials to meet direct tax mop-up target of Rs 13.4 lakh crore through a video conference on 16 Dec to help boost public finances.

Finance ministry refuses to share details of Swiss accounts and black money under RTI

India had in September received the first tranche of Swiss bank account details of Indian nationals under a new automatic information exchange pact.

Draft bill seeks to empower National Statistical Commission, but govt wants final say

The draft National Statistical Commission Bill, put out by Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, is open for public suggestions until 19 January.

Finance ministry braces for major makeover of officials amid battle to boost growth

Several crucial posts in finance ministry, including expenditure secretary & joint secretary (Budget), are either lying vacant or will soon fall vacant.

Modi govt likely to slash school education budget by Rs 3,000 crore citing funds crunch

A sum of Rs 56,536 crore was sanctioned to the school education department in 2019-20, from which the finance ministry is likely to cut Rs 3,000 crore. 

This is the process Modi govt will follow to sell its stakes in 3 PSUs

The union cabinet approved Wednesday the strategic sales of its stakes in 3 public sector companies — BPCL, CONCOR and Shipping Corporation.

How finance ministry tried to convince RBI on its concerns over electoral bond misuse

Documents accessed by an activist through RTI unravel the back-and-forth between RBI and govt on electoral bonds.

Ex-IAS officer Subhash Garg on bold decisions that may not have kept his bosses in good humour

Full text of a note by Subhash Garg who opted for voluntary retirement after being transferred from the finance to the power ministry.

On Camera

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?