Verma had said that mosques and graveyards have come up in over 500 government properties in the Capital, including hospitals and schools
Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur said that the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) has improved as it registered a positive growth of 1.8% in November 2019
Listing of LIC will help bring in greater transparency, public participation and also deepen the equity market, he said
The minister said systematic and comprehensive checking, including of legacy stock of NPAs of PSBs, for frauds under the framework has been taken note of by the Reserve Bank of India
Thakur, who is the Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs, had made some controversial remarks during a recent poll rally in the national capital
While Thakur has been barred from campaigning for three days, Verma will not be allowed to campaign for four days
The first of a three-part series looks at the prospects of the Mumbai property market, which saw the highest unsold inventory pile-up last year
An order issued by the poll body on Wednesday barred the two leaders who made objectionable comments while campaigning during election rallies
He has been given time till 12 noon on January 30 to respond to the notice
The incident has triggered a row, drawing sharp reaction form the Congress which demanded that the Election Commission (EC) take action against Thakur.
Thakur is taking inputs from the industry and listening to their demands in the run-up to the 2020 Union Budget.
The FRBM Act, after its amendment in 2018, allows a fiscal deficit slippage of not more than 0.5% for any given year, provided there are justifications
The minister said that as many as 999 cases were registered till October in the current fiscal for GST evasion and Rs 8,134.39 crore has been recovered.
The actual CGST collection during April-November stood at Rs 3,28,365 crore while the budgeted estimate is of Rs 5,26,000 crore for these months
The information was provided by Minister of State for Finance Anurag Singh Thakur in a written reply to a question on "fugitive economic offenders" in the Rajya Sabha
The minister also informed the House that a total of 757 criminal cases were registered by the ED in the last five years (from 2015 to October 31 this year) under the PMLA
For the current year, the target is to raise Rs 1.05 lakh crore
Gross NPAs of SCBs, which stood at Rs 10,36,187 crore on March 31, 2018, declined by Rs 97, 996 crore to Rs 9,38,191 crore as on June 30, 2019
State Bank of India reported fraud of ₹25,400 crore followed by Punjab National Bank of ₹10,800 crore and Bank of Baroda of ₹8,300 crore
FM Sitharaman says 5,743 incidents in govt banks from April to September this year