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Rally marks day 44 of relay hunger strike at PUDA Bhawan, Mohali; protesters torch effigy of Chief Administrator

December 03, 2025 1:08 pm

The protesters urged the government to immediately release the pending 16% dearness allowance, regularise contractual employees, and reinstate the Old Pension Scheme.

Punjab finance secretary raises alarm as revenue from GST, excise dips

May 17, 2025 12:45 pm

Punjab collected Rs 1,587 crore in GST in April this year, compared to Rs 2,112 crore last year. The collection from state excise also registered a negative growth of 21 per cent.

India to clock highest growth rate among top 5 global economies in foreseeable future: Finance Secretary

August 24, 2023 4:53 pm

Finance secretary T V Somanathan said India will continue to clock the highest growth rate among the top five economies in the world in the foreseeable future and asked Indian diaspora to act as a catalyst and supplement government efforts in making India the biggest opportunity.

Market turmoil due to fall in Adani group shares 'storm in tea cup' from macro eco view point: Finance Secretary

February 03, 2023 3:59 pm

The senior most bureaucrat in the finance ministry also said that movements in the stock market per se is not the government's concern and there are independent regulators to take necessary action.

Bitcoin, Ethereum or NFT will never become legal tender: Finance Secy

February 02, 2022 9:29 pm

Explaining his point, Finance Secretary TV Somanathan said that people who invest in private crypto should understand that it does not have the authorisation of government and there is no guarantee whether their investment will be successful or not.

Ajay Bhushan Pandey: ‘No one is saying this is the end of the stimulus ... we’ll intervene at the right time’

November 02, 2020 11:03 am

Pandey, who also holds the charge as Revenue Secretary, said labour laws, production-linked incentives (PLI) and farm law amendments are the areas which can be considered as path-breaking reforms.

The reshuffle starts: Narendra Modi govt replaces Arvind Mayaram as Finance Secretary

October 16, 2014 4:03 pm

Modi govt yet for another bureaucratic reshuffle, Finance Secretary Arvind Mayaram as the new Tourism Secretary.

India will bring reforms, shouldn’t be pushed to open up: Mayaram

June 23, 2014 1:54 am

Mayaram’s comments are significant as he made them in the course of preparing the first Budget of the NDA government in a few weeks.

‘Centre may raise foreign fund limit in government debt soon’

June 10, 2014 1:34 am

FinMin to decide on the matter after consultations with RBI and Sebi

Water,power chiefs replaced,inspections start

December 29, 2013 2:08 am

Kejriwal said government will take decision on water supply by Monday,on electricity by Wednesday.

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