Modi pitches ‘ease of living’ roadmap at Council of Ministers’ meetPrime Minister Narendra Modi met with his council of ministers to discuss improving ease of living and doing business. The meeting focused ...
22 May, 2026, 08.47 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi compares LPG gas crisis handling to COVID, blames policy voidRahul Gandhi alleges Prime Minister Narendra Modi's approach to the LPG gas crisis mirrors the COVID-19 pandemic response. He states the po...
06 Apr, 2026, 12.42 PM IST
No plans to change land acquisition policy, says cabinet secretaryThe government has no plans to alter its land acquisition policy, despite it being a major hurdle for infrastructure projects. Cabinet Secr...
02 Jan, 2026, 08.51 PM IST
Cabinet Secretary T V Somanathan asks top officers to meet non-officialsCabinet Secretary T V Somanathan has advised senior government officers to meet non-official individuals seeking appointments, stating that...
15 Jul, 2025, 12.25 AM IST
Centre reconstitutes Atomic Energy CommissionThe government has re-constituted the Atomic Energy Commission. T V Somanathan and Manoj Govil are among the new members. The reconstituted...
13 Jan, 2025, 09.39 PM IST
DIPAM Secy Tuhin Kanta Pandey appointed as Finance SecretaryTuhin Kanta Pandey has been appointed as the new finance secretary, succeeding T V Somanathan. Pandey, currently the secretary of DIPAM, is...
08 Sep, 2024, 01.34 AM IST
Centre appoints DIPAM's Tuhin Pandey as next Finance SecyThe government Saturday designated Tuhin Kanta Pandey, secretary, Department of Investment and Public Asset Management as the new Finance S...
08 Sep, 2024, 12.03 AM IST
India to move away from fiscal deficit targeting after FY26India will shift from targeting a specific fiscal deficit level after 2025-26 to using the debt-to-GDP ratio as the fiscal policy anchor, a...
24 Jul, 2024, 04.01 PM IST
India to remain on alert for 'hot money' after bond index inclusionIndia will monitor flows of foreign funds after its inclusion into JPMorgan's emerging market debt index to prevent 'hot money' and volatil...
06 Feb, 2024, 03.06 PM IST
India's retail inflation likely to ease by December: Finance SecretaryIndia's retail inflation is expected to ease by December due to favorable seasonal factors, according to Finance Secretary T V Somanathan. ...
04 Oct, 2023, 02.12 PM IST
FinMin issues draft scheme for settling disputes related to govt contractsFor ongoing litigation where physical activity in the disputed contract is ongoing, the settlement amount would be 20 per cent of the net c...
08 Feb, 2023, 07.44 PM IST
Finance Secy should re-examine his theory that housing loan not a saving: P Chidambaram"The Finance Secretary should re-examine his theory that a Housing Loan is not a saving," Chidambaram said. In his remarks as quoted in the...
05 Feb, 2023, 11.50 AM IST
India 'fairly' confident of cutting fiscal deficit to 4.5% of GDP in 3 years, says officialOn Wednesday, the government in its 2023/24 budget set a fiscal deficit target of 5.9% of gross domestic product for the coming financial y...
03 Feb, 2023, 04.04 PM IST
Low budgetary allocation to healthcare: Finance Secretary T V Somanathan says it is primarily states' responsibilityAt a post-Budget interaction of the industry with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, lobby grouping CII President T V Narendran said the ...
21 Feb, 2022, 01.07 PM IST
Expenditure Secretary T V Somanathan designated Finance SecretaryThe Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved designating Somanathan, Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance as...
28 Apr, 2021, 09.15 PM IST
We're optimistic about a V-shaped recovery in India: Expenditure Secretary TV SomanathanThe expenditure secretary said simply pumping money into the system was not a solution to revive the economy.
02 Jul, 2020, 11.54 PM IST
T V Somanathan appointed Joint Secretary in PMOSomanathan, a 1987 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, is working as Director, Joint Secretary level, in the World Bank in Washington si...
16 Mar, 2015, 11.13 PM IST