Nirmala Sitharaman

The Payments Council of India (PCI), an industry body representing payment fintechs in the country, has written to the finance minister on restoration of merchant discount rate (MDR) for RuPay debit cards, as payment aggregator fintechs…

Troubles seem to be mounting for beleaguered ZestMoney as lenders pull back credit lines, a day after its founders left the company after a failed PhonePe acquisition. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.Also in the letter:■…

NEW DELHI: Alleging the government of turning "deaf and blind" to their movement, India's leading female wrestlers and Olympians, Vinesh Phogat and Sakshee Malikkh – at the forefront of the fight against Wrestling Federation of India's…

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday underlined the need for going beyond GDP numbers and empowering people by improving digital connectivity in developing nations. Addressing the G7 seminar on economic policies for welfare, in…

At the G-7 meeting in Japan on Friday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman underlined the need for developing nations to go beyond macroeconomic indicators and growth numbers and focus on empowering people by improving digital…

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said three social security schemes, including PMJJBY and PMSBY, aim to provide essential financial services to citizens especially underprivileged and safeguard them against unforeseen…

Introduction of new data sources in Statement of Financial Transactions (SFT) has resulted in addition of information of about 30 million persons. The Central Board of Direct Taxes apprised finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman of the…

Finance minister Nitmala Sitharaman on Tuesday met ADB president Masatsugu Asakawa and urged the multilateral funding agency to to support India with more concessional climate finance, as the country’s economic progress can have huge…

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) should look at the issue of farm subsidies with an open mind as it impacts the food security needs of emerging economies in the backdrop of Covid pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war, finance minister…

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday exuded confidence that the incoming World Bank President Ajay Banga will utilise his corporate world experience in pursuing the goals of the multilateral lending agency. Banga, 63, will take…