Topic: Niramala Sitharaman

An op-ed in South China Morning Post also lists 4 major issues, besides border, that obstruct India-China’s relationship & reflects on how the 2 nations can 'improve mutual understanding'.

Chief economic adviser says India-China economic relations continue to be extremely complex. Survey says to boost manufacturing, India may require Chinese investment, technology.

Speaking at a CII summit, Nirmala Sitharaman says 99% of phones sold in India are made in the country and that 60% import substitution has been achieved in the telecom sector.Speaking at a CII summit, Nirmala Sitharaman says 99% of phones sold in India are made in the country and that 60% import substitution has been achieved in the telecom sector.

The stock market has seen significant election-related volatility. The finance and foreign ministers are going from pillar to post to ease the minds of businesses and investors.

Hundreds of thousands of MSMEs across the country are suddenly going to see their payments coming in faster and at least before 31 March.

The Finance Minister said on Sunday that she was aware of the pressures of the middle class but recalled that the present government has not imposed any fresh taxes on them.

Meeting is expected to take stock of banking sector, bad loans (NPAs), progress on restructuring RBI's 2.0 scheme. Banks may be nudged to push loan growth in productive sectors.

The portal, which was launched on 7 June, is riddled with problem including long logging time, inability to generate OTP for Aadhaar validation & non-availability of previous ITRs.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the 'family silver' has been so thinly spread that there are many PSUs unable to survive, and the few that do, don't get due attention.

The allocation for public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has been reduced to Rs 2,640.11 crore from Rs 2,889.36 crore in 2020-21.