Tag: Finance Ministry

Union Budget 2022-23 – Key Highlights and Impact on various sectors

FM Nirmala Sitharaman presented Union Budget 2022 in Parliament. While keeping the Income Tax Slabs unchanged, FM announced a major change in taxation as far as virtual digital assets are concerned. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed a 30 per cent tax on income from transactions in such assets. Furthermore, FM Also proposed Gati Shakti Programme which will boost infrastructure and create more jobs. On education sector, FM has announced launch of a new Digital University as well as expansion of PM eVIDYA with addition of new TV channels for supplementary education.

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National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP)

The government has unveiled a four-year National Monetisation Pipeline worth an estimated Rs 6 lakh crore. What is the government’s plan, which are the assets listed, and will there be challenges?

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Finance Minister unveils 4th edition of Public Sector Bank Reforms Agenda – EASE 4.0 – Reviews performance of public sector banks – Announces EASE 3.0 award winners

Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman today on 25th August 2021 unveiled the fourth edition of the Public Sector Bank (PSB) Reforms Agenda ‘EASE 4.0’ for 2021-22 – tech-enabled, simplified, and collaborative banking. She unveiled the annual report for the PSB Reforms Agenda EASE 3.0 for 2020-21 and participated in the awards ceremony to felicitate best performing banks on EASE 3.0 Banking Reforms Index.

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Union Budget 2021- Budget at a glance, Key Takeaways & Highlights

The Union Budget 2021-22 was presented by the Hon’ble Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 1st February 2021 in the Parliament. The Budget speech was given by the FM from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
This year’s Budget lays focus on the seven pillars for reviving the economy – Health and Wellbeing, Physical and Financial Capital and Infrastructure, Inclusive Development for Aspirational India, Reinvigorating Human Capital, Innovation and R&D, and Minimum Government Maximum Governance. Several regulations around the securities market are proposed to be merged as a single code. Several direct taxes and indirect taxes amendments were also proposed.

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Economic Survey 2020-21 Key Highlights: Govt pegs FY22 GDP growth at 11%, FY21 GDP to contract 7.7%

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled Economic Survey 2020-21 in the Parliament on January 29, 2021. The survey is generally presented a day before the Union Budget. This year, the survey is being presented earlier because the day-before-budget is a Sunday. The real growth rate for FY21 has been taken as -7.7% (MoSPI) in Economic Survey 2020-21 and real growth rate for FY22 is assumed as 11.5 % based on IMF estimates.
Following the presentation of the Economic Survey in both the houses of the Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Chief Economic Adviser KV Subramanian addressed a press conference in which he introduced the highlights of the annual survey document.

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Atmanirbhar Bharat Stimulus Package 3.00 – Key Highlights

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman  announced on Thursday the 12th November, 2020 new stimulus measures worth Rs 2.65 lakh crore, under Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan 3.0 to boost the Indian economy amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The new stimulus package reinforces the ‘fiscal conservatism’ ideology of the government — rather than large cash transfers, the growth philosophy centres around creating an ecosystem that aids domestic demand, incentivises companies to generate jobs and boost production. (She also informed that the total stimulus announced by the Government and Reserve Bank of India till date, to help the nation tide over the COVID-19 pandemic, works out to ₹ 29.87 lakh crore, which is 15% of national GDP. Out of this, stimulus worth 9% of GDP has been provided by the government.)

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Finance Minister announces measures of Rs 73,000 crore to stimulate consumer spending

Union Finance Minister announces Stimulus to boost Demand in the Economy: Highlights:“Total demand boost due to today’s measures expected to be more than ₹ 1 lakh crore”.Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also announced additional capital spending and Rs 12,000 crore, 50-year interest-free loan to states to boost the economy that has been battered by the pandemic and the resulting lockdown.

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Bank Promotions – Latest Banking Updates (As on 31.05.2020)

This booklet entitled ” Latest Banking Updates – Bank Promotions (Updated as of 31.05.2020)” has been prepared with an intention to provide ‘Latest Developments in Banking and Financial Sector’ for the enrichment of Bank’s Staff, the Banking knowledge and Banking Developments taking place in present day scenario, when the entire Banking Industry is facing heavy Turbulence in the form of huge NPA and mounting losses.

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PM Modi unveils ₹20-lakh-crore package for ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’ – Part 1 : Businesses including MSMEs

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday announced credit guaranteed loans to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), expected to help about 4.5 million units to get back to business. Announcing the details of the ₹20 trillion fiscal stimulus package, Sitharaman said the collateral free, automatic loans will benefit MSMEs with up to ₹25 crore outstanding loans and ₹100 crore sales.

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IBA directs banks to remit Rs 500/month in women Jan Dhan a/cs from April 3

The remittance under the recently announced Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana will be debited between April 3 and April 9, IBA said in a statement.IBA directs banks to remit Rs 500/month in women Jan Dhan a/cs from April 3.

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