India’s Public Sector Banks Merger: The Centre is mulling over consolidating public-sector banks, and officials involved in the process say the long-term plan could eventually bring down the number of state-owned lenders from 12 to possibly just 4. The goal is to build a banking system that is large enough in scale, has deeper capital…
Last Updated:November 12, 2024, 13:27 IST The meeting assumes significance as states finance ministers would present their recommendations for 2025-26 Budget to be unveiled on February 1, 2025. In the 55th GST Council meeting, the much-awaited decision on exemption or lower GST rate on health and life insurance would be taken. Union Finance Minister Nirmala…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to create history when she presents her seventh straight Budget on Tuesday for the fiscal 2024-25, surpassing the record of former prime minister Morarji Desai. In the build-up to the Union Budget, economist and author Dr Rajiv Kumar, Chairman, Pahle India Foundation, and former Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, shares…
