Subsidies, freebies should be contextualised, need to be provisioned according to fiscal rules: Sitharaman

Dec 21, 2022

Sitharaman said that private investment capex is happening in India because of favourable policies like PLI.

Iran conflict raises new credit risks for emerging markets, including India: Fitch

Mar 09, 2026

The Iran conflict could raise additional challenges for some emerging market sovereigns, including India, as far as energy imports, remittances, fiscal subsidies, exchange rates...

Union budget may see fiscal consolidation but rural, welfare and subsidies may go up: Goldman Sachs Report

Jan 13, 2025

With the Union Budget for FY26 scheduled to be presented on February 1, 2025, a report by Goldman Sachs underlined two key concerns for...

"Gur ko gobar karna Congress ki mastery hai...": Sitharaman slams UPA government decisions during White Paper discussion

Feb 10, 2024

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday alleged that the Congress-led UPA government did not capitalise on the positive economic environment that it inherited from...

Japan to use over 7 billion USD to boost subsidies for restaurants, bars

Jan 15, 2021

Tokyo [Japan], January 15 (ANI/Xinhua): Japan's cabinet on Friday decided to use 741.8 billion yen (7.15 billion US dollars) in reserve funds for fiscal...

World Bank lowers Pakistan's growth forecast to 4.3pc

Apr 14, 2022

Islamabad [Pakistan], April 14 : Citing the additional burden on the budget put by the last-ditch energy subsidies by the outgoing Imran Khan government,...