A delegation from the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO), led by President S C Ralhan and including Vice President Ravikant Kapur, Director General & CEO Ajay Sahai, Director Israr Ahmed of Farida Group, and Pankaj Chadha, Chairman of EEPC, met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday. The delegation briefed the finance minister on the…
The central government on Thursday welcomed S&P Global Ratings’ decision to upgrade the country’s long-term sovereign credit rating to ‘BBB’ from ‘BBB-’ and its short-term rating to ‘A-2’ from ‘A-3’, with a Stable Outlook. The last such upgrade came in January 2007, making this the first in 18 years. S&P cited economic resilience, sustained fiscal consolidation,…
The Union Finance Ministry on Wednesday dismissed reports suggesting the government is considering levying charges on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions, calling the claims “completely false, baseless, and misleading.” In an official post on social media platform X, the ministry clarified that there is no proposal to introduce a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on UPI…
The Finance Ministry said on Friday it has suggested that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) should exclude small borrowers of up to Rs 2 lakh from the provisions of its draft directions on lending against gold collateral. The Finance Ministry has also suggested that the implementation of the guidelines be postponed to next year….