The finance ministry is expected to come out with a single volume Economic Survey for 2021-22, projecting growth of around 9 per cent for the next financial year. In the absence of the chief economic...

Life insurance companies want the finance ministry to consider giving tax benefit on annuities in the Union budget to protect the earnings of senior citizens amid low interest rates. “Annuity s...

The finance ministry on Sunday said over three crore income tax returns have been filed for the financial year 2020-21 so far and advised taxpayers who are yet to file their return to do so at the ear...

The central board of trustees of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Saturday approved the government’s proposal to allow the retirement fund body to invest up to 5 per ce...

In an effort to strengthen the healthcare system at the grassroot levels, the finance ministry has released Rs 8,453.92 crore as a health sector grant to rural and urban local bodies in 19 states. &l...

The hike in input costs along with rising crude oil prices are a source of worry on the inflation front but the recent fuel duty cuts should soften the price pressures, the finance ministry said on We...

Armed with necessary macro and micro growth drivers, India is on its way to becoming the fastest-growing major economy in the world, a finance ministry report said. Rapid vaccination and teeming fest...

Telecom firm Vodafone has informed the finance ministry it will submit an indemnity bond to settle its retrospective taxation case with the government, following a strategy similar to Cairn Energy. V...

The Finance Ministry has asked for suggestions on taxation from industries and trade bodies for Budget 2022-23, which is going to set the tone for growth of India's economy hit by the COVID-19 pan...

The finance ministry has invited applications to the post of chief economic adviser in place of Krishnamurthy Subramanian who now will be in office for a little more than a month till December 6. The...