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Cairn CEO meets finance secy over tax ruling, says meeting 'constructive'

He refused to comment on what transpired at the meeting

Budget not just about raising, lowering tax: Finance secretary A B Pandey

The Budget should not be seen only as an exercise where you increase or decrease taxes, but also where you provide stability of rates, says Pandey

Meet Team Sitharaman: Officials who are helping FM prepare Budget 2021

In today's episode, we are taking a look at the key officials involved in finalising the outline of the Budget. Listen to the podcast for more

Budget 2021 will address woes of affected sectors, says Finance Secretary

AJAY BHUSHAN PANDEY says litigants in more than 96,000 appeals - involving disputed amounts of Rs 83,000 crore - have opted for the Vivad Se Vishwas scheme, which has been extended by a month

Rs 1.27 trn I-T refunds made to individuals, businesses: Finance secretary

The income tax department now has a fully automated system of refunds payment directly going into the bank accounts of the taxpayers without manual intervention

E-invoicing to be extended to all firms from Apr 1 in phases: Finance secy

The IRN generation has grown by 163 per cent from October 1 - 7

Faceless approach in taxation to bring down compliance cost: Finance secy

The finance secretary said that the tax system was going to be entirely data-driven and seamless tax reforms would change the way taxes are paid in the country

Google tax 'very clear', no need for FAQs: Finance secretary A B Pandey

Finance Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey said FAQs are issued where you have to explain to somebody who is not familiar with tax laws and there you try to explain in simple words.

India staring at a GDP contraction of 10%, says former finance secretary

Lockdown 1 and 2 turned out to be extremely severe, though agriculture and government expenditure, which constitute about 25% of GVA, remained almost unaffected, writes Subhash Chandra Garg

Fiscal stimulus by FM is mostly credit oriented, says Subhash Chandra Garg

He said that the fiscal stimulus, by its very nature, is additional fiscal burden on the public finances

Salaried class excluded from TDS benefit to avoid tax burden: Govt

To boost short-term liquidity for businesses, the government on Wednesday reduced TDS and tax collected at source (TCS) rates for non-salaried payments by 25 per cent up to March 31, 2021

Revenue secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey named new finance secretary

An IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre with over 35 years of experience in state and Central governments, Pandey is taking over at a time when the economic growth has been on a downward trajectory

Senior IAS officer Debasish Panda appointed new finance secretary

Panda, a 1987-batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, is at present special secretary, department of financial services

Govt looking at final bill after cabinet okays funds for 3 insurance firms

The companies would soon announce the formation of joint Lok Adalats as well as take the help of the insurance Ombudsman

LIC listing may take about a year, says Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar

Kumar said the idea behind the listing of LIC was to "bring in more transparency and allow the company to share gains with its stakeholders"

Finance secy Rajiv Kumar to hold review meeting with public sector banks

RBI had earlier this month made it mandatory for banks to link all their fresh retail loans to an external benchmark, effective October 1

Rajiv Kumar, finance ministry insider expected to push for reforms

Armed with degrees in zoology and law, plus a post-graduate diploma in public policy, he has been joint secretary in the expenditure department looking after state finances

Transfer of Finance Secretary Subhash Garg: Scapegoat or bothersome?

In the government system, bureaucrats don't do things on their own. They do what the political leadership wants them to do. Mr Garg was no exception

IAS officer A N Jha is new Finance Secretary, succeeds Hasmukh Adhia

Ajay Narayan Jha, 59, is a 1982-batch IAS officer of the Manipur-Tripura cadre.