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Thursday, November 13, 2025
TopicMinistry of Finance

Topic: Ministry of Finance

2016 was not India’s first demonetisation drive

Though not comparable in scale and magnitude to the problems faced in 2016, India's first demonetisation caused considerable difficulties to people.

India defers retaliatory tariffs on US imports keeping door open for agreement

The move comes as an opportunity for an agreement to avert a trade war between the two nations.

Ending ‘lahu ka lagaan’, GST council scraps the tax on sanitary napkins

Keeping in mind the budget of the middle class, the council also reduced GST on selected consumer durables from 28 to 12 percent

Govt set to infuse about Rs 2,000 crore into Punjab National Bank by next week

PNB will issue preferential shares to the government to raise the capital to meet interest obligations on perpetual bonds.

Arvind was not a spokesman, but an adviser who had to think several steps ahead

He elevated the quality of the analysis and the presentation of ideas for public deliberation in his four 'Economic Surveys', says finance minister Jaitley.

Modi cabinet reshuffle: Piyush Goyal made acting finance minister, Irani removed from I&B

Goyal will handle the ministry until the time Arun Jaitley recovers from kidney transplant, Irani reportedly pays the price for controversies.

Ministry of Finance continues to reject the most RTI applications

Ministry of Finance rejected the most applications. However, the percentage of applications being rejected by ministries has come down.

Rs 50,000 crore green fund stuck in turf war between environment and finance ministries

Environment ministry is worried that the fund meant for restoring India’s forest cover could be diverted by the government to meet other expenses.

On Camera

This era has made journalistic independence harder than ever: New York Times publisher

Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.