Speech of Nirmala Sitharaman (Finance Minister of India) Hon’ble Speaker, I present the Budget for 2023-24. This is the first Budget in Amrit Kaal. Introduction of Budget 2023-24 Resilience amidst multiple crises 4. Our focus on wide-ranging reforms and sound policies, implemented through Sabka Prayas resulting in Jan Bhagidari and targeted support to those…
There has been a lot of talent in the start-up circle for an overall funding winter, a period when funding indian startups has proven difficult. Looking back at recent years, 2020 and 2021 were excellent years for funding. Despite the start of COVID-19, there was no significant drop in funding in 2020, so keep an…
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During the Financial Year 2021-22, Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) registered more than 1.67 Lakh company incorporations as compared to 1.55 Lakh companies during FY 2020-21. The increase is significant considering that number of companies incorporated during Financial Year 2020-21 were the highest in any of the previous years. The incorporations during FY 2021-22 are…
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The provisional payroll data of EPFO released on 20th February 2022 highlights that EPFO has added 14.60 lakh net subscribers during December 2021. Comparison shows an increase of around 2.06 lakh in net payroll additions in December 2021 as compared to 12.54 lakh net subscribers added during the corresponding month previous year. For the month of…
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As part of the Aatma nirbhar Bharat Initiative, Ministry of Food Processing Industries is implementing a Centrally Sponsored PM Formalisation of Micro food processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme for providing financial, technical and business support for setting up/ up gradation of 2 lakh micro food processing enterprises through credit linked grant during five years from 2020-21…
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With Fintech adoption rate at 87% against the global average of 64%, India has emerged as one of the largest digital markets in the world. Fintech Sector has huge potential in India, supported by an enabling policy and digital infrastructure framework. As per industry estimate, India has over 676 million smartphone users, over 1.2 billion telecom subscribers…
The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Rameswar Teli in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today informed that the details of total amount of funds disbursed State-wise from the Start-up Fund by the Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) under the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas during…
To promote startups across all the State/UTs, Government of India has launched Startup India initiative in 2016. This initiative aims at building a strong ecosystem for nurturing innovation and Startups in the country. In order to meet the objectives of the initiative, Government has launched various programmes to promote Startups across the country are as…
The Government, vide Notification No. 19/2021- Central Tax, dated 01.06.2021, had provided relief to the taxpayers by reducing / waiving late fee for non-furnishing FORM GSTR-3B for the tax periods from July, 2017 to April, 2021, if the returns for these tax periods are furnished between 01.06.2021 to 31.08.2021. The last date to avail benefit of the late…
If your account is in Post Office or you invest in post office schemes then this news is for you only. Now if you withdraw more money than the stipulated amount, then TDS can be deducted on it. This rule of withdrawing money applies to various deposit schemes ranging from PPF. These rules related to…
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