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Monday, September 22, 2025
TopicFinance ministry

Topic: finance ministry

Smaller banks to be merged with PNB & Canara Bank in next round of consolidation

Finance ministry officials say mid-sized and small government lenders have been identified for separate merger processes with PNB and Canara Bank.

Confident of return, Modi govt nudges finance ministry to work on budget & Economic Survey

Senior finance ministry officials have started discussions with ministries and departments to work on the budget & Economic Survey. Focus is on social and rural sectors.

This is how political parties can dodge SC’s interim judgment on electoral bonds

Legally, only SBI, which sells electoral bonds, is expected to have details of donors. So, political parties could claim ignorance on who donated to them.

Revisions to economic data a fact & revisions themselves based on facts: Finance ministry

Economic affairs secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said that revisions to economic statistics for which Modi govt came under fire are based on facts.

Electoral bonds to be sold during Lok Sabha polls, says govt after press release muddle

Launched in March 2018, electoral bonds are meant to ensure transparency in political funding and offer an alternative to cash donations.

Arun Jaitley to resume charge of finance ministry today

Arun Jaitley, who returned from the US last week after undergoing medical treatment, is attending a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security to discuss the Pulwama attack.

Ailing IDBI Bank wants another Rs 10,000 crore from new owner LIC, weeks after new funding

IDBI Bank has routed the request through the Department of Financial Services in the finance ministry.

Will the real finance minister of India please raise his hand?

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government.

Piyush Goyal asks tax officers to refrain from being overzealous

The cabinet minister asked taxmen to trust customers with a great degree of intelligence, while adopting a customer-friendly approach.

Piyush Goyal back in charge of finance ministry as Arun Jaitley takes ill again

Arun Jaitley will be designated 'minister without portfolio' while Piyush Goyal takes charge of his ministries for the second time in a year.

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Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

60 yrs on, veterans recall lessons from 1965 India-Pakistan war. ‘Equipment alone doesn’t win battles’

A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.