Ministry of Finance Union Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman’s Presentation on Measures to Boost Economic Growth Dated:  14 SEP 2019 Measures to Boost Economic Growth 14th September 2019 Ministry of Finance, Government of India Contained Consumer Price Inflation Consumer Price Inflation: India &...

The Steering Committee on Fintech related issues constituted by the Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs, today submitted its Final Report to Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in her office in New Delhi....

Steering Committee on Fintech related issues submits its Final Report to Finance Minister The Steering Committee on Fintech related issues constituted by the Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs, today submitted its Final Report to Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in her office in New D...

Bank Merger 1) Unlocking potential through consolidation, big banks with enhanced capacity to increase credit and bigger risk appetite, with national presence and global reach 2) Punjab National Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, and United Bank to be merged together. 3) Canara Bank and Syndicate Bank to be merged together 4) Union Bank, An...

Reform & Simplification –An Ongoing Endeavour Taxation – Ease of life for tax payers – Income tax, GST, Customs Prefilling of IT returns Faceless scrutiny from Vijaya Dashmi 2019 Reduction in GST returns and simplification of forms Refund process of GST simplified. Risk based approach in dealing with tax payers Labour laws Fixed...

Family aspirations and upgrading lifestyle is the primary reason for seeking loans by 46% Indians. 33% of Indians are likely to purchase Consumer durables such as smartphones, refrigerators, TV etc. on EMIs to be able to upgrade lifestyle. Loan culture penetrating deep in non-metro cities. Cities like Jaipur, Patna, Lucknow and Nagpur are...

In Union Budget 2019, finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman announced the major solution to our environment is to making our country more economy efficient as well as environmental efficient too, “Aiming to becoming a global hub for electric vehicle manufacturing, the government has already moved GST council to lower the GST rate on...

Indian economy becoming a 3 trillion dollar economy this year with World’s 3rd  largest economy in terms of Purchasing Power Parity, government’s intention to invest Rs. 100 lakh crore in infrastructure in next 5 years, enhaced target of over one lakh 5,000 crore of disinvestment in 2019-20, proposal to provide Rs.70,000 crore to P...

Union Budget stresses the need for heavy investment in infrastructure, Digital Economy and job creation in small and medium firms  In Transport sector, budget proposes PPP in railways, roadmap to make India a hub of maintenance, repair and overhaul and aircraft financing / leasing activities and  Development of state road network Bluepr...

Scheme of Fund for Upgradation and Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI) aims to set up more Common Facility Centres for generating sustained employment opportunities  SFURTI envisions 100 new clusters in 2019-20 to help 50,000 artisans economically 10,000 new Farmer Producer Organizations to be formed to ensure economies of sc...