Tag: Piyush Goyal
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Finance Minister to address RBI Central Board on Feb 18
New Delhi : The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday said that Finance Minister Piyush Goyal will address its Central Board on February 18. In a late night statement, the RBI said that FM will address the Central Board of Directors in its customary post-budget meeting. The RBI’s Central Board of Directors consists of 18…
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Interim Union budget is voter bribing: SDPI
By Pervez Bari, Maeeshat.in, New Delhi : The Social Democratic Party of India, (SDPI), has described the interim Union budget 2019 as vote garnering election budget of the BJP-led NDA Government. The Interim Union Finance Minister Piyush Goyal has announced doles for the farmers, tax rebate to salaried class and sops to workers of the…
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Interim Budget beneficial for every section of society: Amit Shah
New Delhi : Hailing the Interim Budget 2019-20 presented by Finance Minister Piyush Goyal in the Lok Sabha, BJP president Amit Shah on Friday said the Budget has met the expectations of every section of society, including farmers, labourers and the middle class. “The Budget has fulfilled what was being expected by the people from…
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Goyal showers tax sops, reaches out to farmers, unorganized labour
New Delhi : Setting aside all conventions with an eye on the coming elections, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday showered tax sops for the middle class and salaried tax payers including zero tax liability for those with income is up to Rs 5 lakh and announced an annual income support of Rs 6,000 for…
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UPA gave loans blindly, weakened banking sector: BJP
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New Delhi : The BJP on Wednesday attacked the Congress-led UPA government for blindly giving loans and weakening the banks due to which their losses increased from Rs 18,000 crore to Rs 53,000 crore, and said the NDA government brought transparency and forced people to repay their loans. “Swachh Bharat Mission of Prime Minister Narendra…
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Western Railway uses modern technique to scan old Mumbai bridges
Mumbai : After Railway Minister Piyush Goyal cracked the whip, the Western Railway (WR) launched a safety audit of all 445 bridges on the Mumbai suburban section, deploying modern techniques to scan some of the oldest structures, an official said here on Saturday. The first to be inspected and audited was the 98-year old Mahalaxmi…
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Shiv Sena demands action against RBI Governor
Mumbai : The Shiv Sena pounced on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday, seeking to know “what action the (current) Finance Minister Piyush Goyal has taken against the RBI governor and chiefs of banks” which have been defrauded by big industrialists who have fled the country. “How many bank chairmen who gave fraudulent loans…
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PSBs to set up dedicated mechanism to manage stressed accounts: Goyal
Mumbai : Public sector banks (PSBs) will soon create a dedicated mechanism for managing stressed accounts, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday following a meeting with PSB chiefs on the issue of banks’ non-performing assets (NPAs), or bad loans. The accumulated NPAs in the Indian banking system have crossed the staggering level of Rs…
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Rathore replaces Irani in I&B, Piyush Goyal to look after Jaitley’s portfolios
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday effected a reshuffle in his Cabinet by replacing Smriti Irani as Information and Broadcasting Minister with Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, who was a Minister of State in the ministry. In other changes, portfolios of Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Arun Jaitley, who underwent kidney transplant on Monday,…