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India’s remarkable jump in World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Report 2020 India ranks 63rd among 190 countries improving by 14 ranks from its rank of 77 in 2019. India has improved its rank in 7 out of 10 indicators and has moved closer to international best practices. The 2020 edition of the Report acknowledges India as one of the top 10 improvers, third time in a row, with an improvement of 67 ranks in 3 years. It is also the highest jump by any large country since 2011.

Lashing out at Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that Gandhi is 'shedding crocodile tears for political gains'

Since the finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, is also the chairperson of the GST Council, she could not have headed the GoM panel, the GST Council said.

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan has India is going from “Make in India to Rape in India”. His statement only makes us wonder if Parliamentary democracy has died. 

Assuring that there will be no harassment of taxpayers, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the intent of the government is to further simplify taxation systems including removal of exemption

Nirav Modi has been declared a fugitive economic offender under Fugitive Economic Offenders Act by the special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court today (December 5) in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case. Order on confiscation of his properties will happen later. This and more in today’s MyNation in 100 seconds

Minutes after senior Congress leader and INX Media scam accused P Chidambaram took a jibe at Nirmala Sitharaman over the onion prices issue, the finance minister said her remark was taken “out of context”

In her fierce reply to her being called ‘Nirbala’, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman hit back saying she was not the one to run away from questions when they were posed 

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on 21st November slightly cut India’s economic growth forecast for 2019 to 5.8% but said it would pick up to 6.2% in 2020 and further to 6.4% in 2021. Paris-based OECD said private investment would bounce back as capacity utilisation rises and the cost of borrowing for the corporate sector declines. According to OECD India has been a growth champion in recent years and has succeeded in taming inflation, the current account deficit, and non-performing loans. ​​​​​​​

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman conducted a meeting to make filing of GST more user-friendly. During the meeting, a live demonstration was conducted where the representatives tried to file returns and they expressed their concerns during the exercise.
 

The air quality of the national capital took a hit due to a combination of firecracker emissions, stubble burning and unfavourable meteorological conditions in the past few weeks. The government intends to ensure no company shuts down because of financial instability, said finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressing the issue of pressure on telecom sector. All this and more on today's episode of MyNation in 100 seconds.

Vodafone had posted a loss of whopping Rs 50,921.9 crore for the fiscal second quarter. Bharti Airtel too reported a loss to the tune of Rs 23,045 crore for the September quarter.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman urged farmers of India to produce oilseeds as there is a high demand in India. The Union minister also requested National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) Chairman Dr Harsh Kumar Bhanwala to visit Jammu and Kashmir to ensure that the farmers get the correct price of their products in the next season.

Finland minister Pekka Haavisto will also meet finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman to discuss issues of mutual interests concerning both countries

On October 15 while Delivering a lecture at the prestigious Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the Indian public sector banks had the "worst phase" under the combination of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan. Dr. Manmohan Singh responded to this comment of Sithraman and said that this government should stop blaming the opponents and focus on solving the issue. “This government has now been in office for five years. It should have learnt from our mistakes and provided a credible solution for the economy. Watch The Video For More Updates.