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The ministry had carried out a similar exercise for choosing the name for the flagship financial inclusion programme of the government -- 'Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna' -- in 2014.

No Of Wilful Defaulters Rises To 2,494: FM

RBI has further apprises that the total number of unique wilful defaulters reported by PSBs was 2,017 as on March 31, 2019, 2,208 as on March 31, 2020 and 2,494 as on March 31, 2021

No Plan To Print Currency Notes To Tide Over Crisis: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

"The fundamentals of the economy remain strong as gradual scaling back of lockdowns, along with the astute support of Atmanirbhar Bharat Mission has placed the economy firmly on the path of recovery from the second half of FY 2020-21," she said.

Infosys Acknowledged Technical Issues In I-T Portal, Initial Glitches Mitigated: FinMin

This prompted Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to call a meeting on June 22 with officials of Infosys -- who developed the portal-- to review the issues.

Wide-Ranging Reforms Make India Attractive Destination For Investment: FM

India has vibrant and pulsating financial markets, enormous investments opportunity in infrastructure sector and R&D

Banks Consortium Gets Over Rs 792 Crore In Mallya Loan Default Case: ED

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) claimed that the banks and the government exchequer have realised 58 per cent out of the total fraud perpetrated in two of the country's biggest criminal bank loan heist cases till date.

CCEA Clears LIC Disinvestment; Panel Headed By FM To Decide Quantum Of Stake Sale

The Budget amendments to the LIC Act has been notified and the actuarial firm is expected to finalise the embedded value of the life insurer. Under the embedded value method, the insurance company's present value of future profit is also included in its present net asset value.

FM Hosts High Tea For Women Members Of Union Council Of Ministers

'Smt @nsitharaman interacts with the women members of the Union Council of Ministers during a high tea session hosted at her residence today,' the Finance Minister tweeted.

LIC's Stake In IDBI Bank To Be Sold Along With Govt's: DIPAM

Economy

Of the Rs 1.75 lakh crore, Rs 1 lakh crore is to come from selling government stake in public sector banks and financial institutions, while Rs 75,000 crore would come as CPSE disinvestment receipts.

FM Emphasises On Role Of Technology In Fighting Climate Change

The minister participated virtually in the G20 High-Level Tax Symposium on Tax Policy and climate change, organised by Italy ahead of the 3rd G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting.

FM Nirmala Sitharaman Shares India's Response To Covid-19 With G-20 Panel

The meeting discussed the panel's work which will be presented during the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting to be held later this month.

I-T Dept Extends Deadline For Manual Filing Of Forms Related To Foreign Remittances Till July 15