Startup news and updates: daily roundup (April 14, 2021) yourstory.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yourstory.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
URL copied
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
Amid surging coronavirus cases in India, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday made it clear that the government would not go for lockdowns in a big way and only resort to local containment.
In a virtual meeting with World Bank Group President David Malpass, Sitharaman appreciated the initiatives of the international financial institution to increase the lending space for India to enhance the availability of finance for development. Finance Minister Smt. @nsitharaman shared the measures being taken by India to contain the spread of second wave of pandemic including the five pillared strategy of test-track-treat-vaccination and #COVID19 appropriate behaviour, the finance ministry said in a tweet.
Congress questions BJP over special status promise to Puducherry siasat.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from siasat.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
No interest cut on PPF, NSC and other small savings scheme as govt withdraws order
The rate of interest on these will now remain unchanged as the last quarter of 2020-2021, Sitharaman tweeted on Thursday. Representative image
Updated: Apr 1, 2021, 08:39 AM IST
The Centre on Thursday withdrew the order reducing the rate of interest on Small Savings Schemes. The announcement was made by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
The rate of interest on these will now remain unchanged as the last quarter of 2020-2021, Sitharaman tweeted on Thursday. Interest rates of small savings schemes of government of India shall continue to be at the rates which existed in the last quarter of 2020-2021, ie, rates that prevailed as of March 2021. Orders issued by oversight shall be withdrawn, tweeted the Finance Minister.
CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury (file photo)
Taking order back not going to fool anyone: Yechury after Centre rolls back interest rate cut on small savings ANI | Updated: Apr 01, 2021 16:49 IST
By Amit Kumar
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Thursday alleged that the Central government postponed the cuts on the interest rate on small savings schemes in view of ongoing Assembly elections in four states and one Union Territory, adding that taking the order back is not going to fool anyone .
In a tweet, Yechury said: Modi government clearly wants to further destroy peoples lives and slash small savings. Taking the order back is not going to fool anyone. Their intentions are clear. Cronies incomes are growing into trillions, but the majority are squeezed and destroyed.