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Coronavirus Outbreak: : Finance ministry imposes expenditure restrictions on non-essential heads
• 5 years agoThe finance ministry on Wednesday imposed spending restrictions on various ministries and departments in view of revenue constraints caused by the COVID-19 crisis
Fiscal deficit touches 128.5% of Budget estimate at January-end; expenditure-revenue gap stands at Rs 9,85,472 cr: Govt data
• 5 years agoThe fiscal deficit during the same period during 2018-19 was 121.5 percent of that year's Revised Budget Estimate (RE).
Budget 2020: Govt likely to fund some $28 bn of FY21 expenditure via off-budget borrowings; move aims to keep fiscal deficit under check
• 5 years agoFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who will deliver the budget speech, is widely expected to announce stimulus measures for small businesses and non-banking finance companies.
I-T Dept detects Rs 435-cr undisclosed income after raids on Tamil Nadu firm; company inflates expenditures using bogus invoices
• 5 years agoIt was found, the CBDT said, that the company would pay for such bogus expenses by cheque or RTGS and then receive the cash back.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has no leeway to offer any big surprises in Budget 2019, says economists
• 6 years agoInvestors and the market should not expect any big surprises from the first Budget by the first woman finance minister today
Narendra Modi likely to meet finance ministry department officials on 20 June, plans to discuss roadmap for growth
• 6 years agoAhead of the Budget, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to meet all five departments of the finance ministry on 20 June to discuss the road map for boosting country's growth and generating jobs.
Downfall of Jet Airways: Debt-laden airline never had a viable business model, failed to maintain income-expenditure balance
Vivek • 6 years agoThe overall expenditure of Jet Airways was simply too high, given the total income of the airline. A basic problem with the business model
Twitter's user base falls for Q4, decides to stop disclosing monthly active users
• 6 years agoTwitter said its monthly active users declined partly due to deleting millions of abusive accounts.
Central govt's expenditure on civilian salaries increases three-fold in 10 years even as vacancies stay roughly the same
Indiaspend • 6 years agoThe central government’s expenditure on the salaries of civilian employees increased three-fold in 10 years between 2006-07 and 2016-17.
Narendra Modi-led NDA government has spent Rs 4,343 crore on publicity since coming to power, reveals RTI query
• 7 years agoThe Narendra Modi government has spent Rs 4,343 crore on publicity since it came to power in May 2014, an agency under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has said in reply to a Right to Information (RTI) query.