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‘Will Put PM Photo, But…’: Telangana’s K Kavitha’s Dig At Finance Minister
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‘Will Put PM Photo, But…’: Telangana’s K Kavitha’s Dig At Finance Minister

[ad_1] She accused the BJP of depriving the poor of their rights.Hyderabad: Telangana MLC K Kavitha, the daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, today hit out at Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman who had recently courted controversy after asking for Narendra Modi's photo to be put up at ration shops. "Sitharaman ji, if you want the Prime Minister's pictures to be put up, we will surely do so," she said, taking a swipe that her party would put PM Modi's pictures on things that have got costlier under the BJP's rule."We will put them up on gas cylinders, packets of urea, petrol and diesel stations, oil and daal packets. Wherever the costs are rising, we will put up pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi," she said, accusing the BJP of depriving the poor of their...
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Defends Windfall Tax On Crude, Oil Product Exports
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Defends Windfall Tax On Crude, Oil Product Exports

[ad_1] Nirmala Sitharaman did not answer whether investors' demand for tax will be met or not.(FILE)Mumbai: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday defended the windfall tax on domestically produced crude oil and additional tax on exports of refined petroleum products, saying the levy has been imposed in full consultation with the industry.From July 1, the government has imposed a windfall tax on domestically produced crude and additional tax on refined products like petrol, diesel and aviation fuel."Let me tell you frankly that I didn't expect such a question from a potential investor. I had clearly stated that on the day this decision was made that India wants to be a refining hub, India wants to encourage investments in refineries, and India wants to... ensure that profitability...
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“Wanted Pics Of Modi Ji? Here…”: KCR Party’s Price Jibe On Union Minister’s Demand In Telangana
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“Wanted Pics Of Modi Ji? Here…”: KCR Party’s Price Jibe On Union Minister’s Demand In Telangana

[ad_1] TRS social media head tweeted visuals of cylinders with price and PM's photo. (Video Grab)Hyderabad: Telangana Health Minister T Harish Rao today said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in asking for Narendra Modi's photo to be put up at ration shops, "took the PM's level down"."She was talking as if the central government is giving free rice to state. Telangana is among five or six states that take care of our country financially. So should our Chief Minister's photo here and in other states?" he said, reacting to Ms Sitharaman's angry interaction with a District Collector of Kamareddy at Birkur, videos of which have gone viral. The latest Centre-state exchange isn't as much about economics as it is about the political context. The state's ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti ...
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Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao “Appalled” By Nirmala Sitharaman’s “Unruly Conduct”
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Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao “Appalled” By Nirmala Sitharaman’s “Unruly Conduct”

[ad_1] Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman reprimanded a collector unable to provide an answer (File)Hyderabad: Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao has expressed utter shock over Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman reprimanding a district collector for being unable to provide her an answer to what was the Centre and state's share of rice supplied through fair price shops.Mr Rama Rao, popularly known as KTR, said that such conduct of people holding high offices will only "demoralise hardworking AIS officers".Mr Rama Rao, in a tweet on Friday night, said, "I am appalled by the unruly conduct of FM @nsitharaman today with District Magistrate/Collector of Kamareddy"."These political histrionics on the street will only demoralise hardworking AIS officers," he added."My compliments to @Collec...
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Finance Minister Pulls Up Bureaucrat For A Question He Failed To Answer
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Finance Minister Pulls Up Bureaucrat For A Question He Failed To Answer

[ad_1] Nirmala Sitharaman asked him to come up with an answer in the next 30 minutes. (File)Hyderabad: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday pulled up the Kamareddy district collector Jitesh Patil when the latter could not provide an answer to what was the Centre and the state's share in the rice supplied through fair price shops.Ms Sitharaman, who was attending various programmes in Zaheerabad Parliamentary Constituency as part of BJP's 'Lok Sabha Pravas Yojana', also asked Collector Jitesh Patil why the picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was missing at the shop in Birkur as the Centre bears a lion's share in the subsidised rice which is being sold at Rs 1 in the state to beneficiaries."The rice which is sold at Rs 35 in the open market was being distributed to people...
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Not The Right Time To Make Digital Payments Chargeable: Finance Minister
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Not The Right Time To Make Digital Payments Chargeable: Finance Minister

[ad_1] We are more and more pushing toward open digital transactions, digitisation," the minister said. (File)New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday that the central government believes that this is not the right time to make digital payments chargeable.Speaking at an event, Ms Sitharaman said, "We see digital payment as the public good. People should be able to access it freely so that the digitisation of the Indian economy becomes attractive. Also through digitisation, we achieve a level of transparency which is so required.""Therefore, we still think it is not the right time to make it chargeable. We are more and more pushing toward open digital transactions, digitisation and platforms which can enable great access. The RBI's recommendation is to a working...
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Pay For Freebies From Budget, Don’t Burden Utilities: Nirmala Sitharaman
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Pay For Freebies From Budget, Don’t Burden Utilities: Nirmala Sitharaman

[ad_1] Ms Sitharaman was speaking at the FE Best Bank Awards event in Mumbai.Mumbai: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said political parties that come to power on pre-poll promises of freebies should pay for those through budgetary provisions.Citing the example of free electricity being promised in many states, the finance minister said the burden for the freebies should not be thrust upon the power discoms or gencos."If a promise has been made to the people at the time of the election, you are looking at a quid pro quo. You should be, as a responsible party, assume after you come to power, make a provision in the budget for it," Ms Sitharaman said, speaking at the FE Best Bank Awards event in Mumbai.She said in the case of the power sector, there have been cases where...
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