Minister of State for Finance News

In this segment of DNA with Sudhir Chaudhary, know what Anurag Thakur, Minister of State for Finance, said on Union Budget 2021, presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday morning. DNA, which is highly popular among millions of TV viewers worldwide for its accurate, unbiased and in-depth reporting of issues of utmost concerns to the country, is hosted by Zee News Editor-in-Chief Sudhir Chaudhary.

For 2019-20, the amount targeted to be collected from cess in GST was Rs 1.09 lakh crore.

Speaking on his ministry's latest achievement UDAN, Minister of State for Aviation Jayant Sinha in an exclusive conversation with Zee Media's Executive Director and CEO regional channels Jagdeesh Chandra informed that five aviation companies have joined the scheme and more flights would be added in routes with the increase in demand.

Government today said the early presentation of Budget will accelerate implementation of public schemes and the date would be finalised after taking into account the schedule for state elections.

This has come as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) earlier on Saturday issued a whip to its party`s Rajya Sabha members, asking them to be present in the House for three days starting today. Both the Houses of Parliament were earlier on Friday adjourned following furore over the Centre`s move to scrap Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 currency notes.

Country's economy will grow 8 per cent this fiscal while agricultural growth is expected to be over 4 per cent, Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said Sunday.

 Amid controversy over alleged corruption in Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal, Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha today said investigators have the ability to find the money trail and the government will pursue the matter for citizens' benefit.

India has replaced China as top destination for foreign direct investment by attracting USD 63 billion worth FDI projects in 2015

Government is looking at ways to ensure transmission of monetary action on the ground as there is no silver bullet that can deal with the rate cut issue, Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha today said.

 In an unprecedented move, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has called a meeting with economists just two days before he presents Union Budget for 2016-17 on Monday.

He also stressed on the need to make the Indian exports more competitive by bringing down the cost of capital as also the cost of manufacturing.

The draft legislation, published on Thursday for public comments, calls for creation of a rate-setting panel, and permits the government to appoint more than half of its members.

"Greater information exchange is good, but not a substitute for genuine and equitable multilateralism in deciding global norms and standards on taxation.

The country, Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha said, is prepared to deal with the aftermath of the Greek crisis.

Commercial production from the new lines is expected to commence by the end of 2015.

Siddharth Jhawar has been appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha.

The pending amount for current fiscal so far is Rs 68,032.21 crore; Rs 43,963.42 crore in 2013-14 and Rs 7,968.51 crore in 2012-13.

"As on February 23, 2015, approximately 1.46 lakh consumers have voluntarily given up LPG subsidy on their domestic LPG connections," Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha said in a written reply in Rajya Sabha.