Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said that reducing excise duties on petrol and diesel would lead to a revenue loss of around Rs 1 lakh crore. She also stressed the need to give confidence to people and that “India cannot afford fear mongering.”Her remarks came as fuel prices saw a fresh round of…
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday met the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi and held extensive discussions on the state’s future growth trajectory, infrastructure expansion, and long-term economic development roadmap Guwahati: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday met Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi to chart out the…
Bhubaneswar: Rajya Sabha MP Sasmit Patra on Sunday urged Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman to place the long-pending issue of bringing petrol and diesel under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) framework before the next GST Council meeting, citing rising fuel costs and inflationary pressures on households and industry.In his letter, Patra requested that the…
