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Thursday, April 25, 2024
TopicFinance Minster

Topic: Finance Minster

Go green, earn green: India’s 1st Green Credit scheme to reward eco-friendly actions by individuals, industries

Environment ministry has readied draft contours for rolling out the programme under which entities will earn 'green credit' for activities like planting trees and conserving water.

G20 finance meet in Bengaluru set to end without consensus as world leaders differ on Ukraine war

Delegates say US & its allies in the G7 are demanding communique condemning Russia for the invasion, but Russian & Chinese delegations have opposed use of such language.

Jeremy Hunt appointed Britain’s next finance minister, replacing Kwarteng

Former foreign minister Hunt was given the post following Kwasi Kwarteng's resignation after less than six weeks in the job. He becomes UK's fourth finance minister in four months.

Will Nirmala Sitharaman make a good finance minister?

Former defence minister, Nirmala Sitharaman will be replacing Arun Jaitley as the finance minister.

The budget was insipid, lacked courage, and the math was all fuzzy

The budgeted expenditure doesn’t account for various schemes & announcements that have been made, such as the increase in MSP or the healthcare coverage scheme.

On Camera

BJP has a problem of plenty in Phase 2. It can only go down from that

BJP’s fate in the second phase of 2024 Lok Sabha election will be decided in Karnataka, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra, where it performed very well in 2019 but faces a stiff competition now.

Kotak Mahindra Bank shares drop 10% after RBI bans it from taking new customers via digital channels

The private lender's shares tumbled to be top Nifty 50 loser after India's central bank barred it from taking on new customers through online and mobile banking channels.

Rafale to Exercise Garuda, a look at Indo-French defence ties as Chief of Defence Staff visits France

Another addition to military cooperation has been the Strategic Space Dialogue, inaugurated in Paris in 2023. Last month, India participated as an observer to France’s AsterX.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.