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India to assess benefits of OECD's global tax deal after US quits: Fin secy

India will evaluate the benefit of joining the OECD's global tax deal as the US deciding to withdraw from such a global pact has made it "impractical to implement", Finance Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey said on Tuesday. US President Donald Trump on January 20 in a Presidential memorandum had said that the "Global Tax Deal have no force or effect within the United States", thus nullifying the progress made so far by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to bring 140 countries on the same platform to levy a minimum 15 per cent tax on profits of multinational corporates. To a question on what would be India's stand on the global tax pact, Pandey said the US exit has added a lot of uncertainty and if the United States is not joining it then such a pact doesn't work out. Pandey, in a post-Budget interaction of Assocham, said the tax deal is a multilateral approach where the US is much integrally needed. "If the US has now said that it is walking out of it, then

Updated On: 04 Feb 2025 | 3:06 PM IST

Not concerned about rupee value, RBI managing volatility: Finance Secretary

Amid rupee falling to a record low level of 87.29 to a dollar, Finance Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey on Monday said there is no concern over rupee value and the Reserve Bank of India is managing the volatility of the local currency. "There is no concern about the value of the rupee. The volatility in rupee is being managed by the RBI," Pandey told reporters. He said the Indian rupee is "free-float" and no control or fixed rate is applicable on the currency. He said the exchange rate is facing pressure amid unabated foreign fund outflows. The rupee depreciated 67 paise to hit record low of 87.29 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday after Trump Tariffs on Canada Mexico and China triggered fears of a broad trade war. Donald Trump slapped Canada and Mexico with 25 per cent duties and China with a 10 per cent duty, The move was the first strike in what could usher a destructive global trade war, forex traders said. In 2025, the Indian rupee depreciated 1.8 per cent from the 8

Updated On: 03 Feb 2025 | 2:46 PM IST

Centre vows to avoid protectionist signals on trade: Finmin official

India has been trying to placate the Trump administration after it accused the South Asian nation of maintaining very high tariffs that hurt prospects for American firms

Updated On: 03 Feb 2025 | 10:12 AM IST

Finance secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey takes charge as revenue secretary

A 1987-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from the Odisha cadre, Pandey had been serving as the DIPAM secretary since October 24, 2019

Updated On: 09 Jan 2025 | 7:38 PM IST

Tuhin Kanta Pandey take charge as revenue secretary in finance ministry

Finance Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey on Thursday took charge as Revenue Secretary in the Ministry of Finance. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Wednesday appointed Pandey, who was holding the charge of the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) and Department of Public Enterprises (DPE), as the Revenue Secretary. The order also stated that Pandey will continue to be designated as the Finance Secretary. In September last year, Pandey, a 1987-batch IAS officer from Odisha cadre, was appointed the Finance Secretary. The Finance Ministry has six departments -- Revenue, Economic Affairs, Expenditure, Financial Services, DIPAM and DPE -- and the senior most bureaucrat in the ministry is designated as the Finance Secretary. Before serving as Secretary in the DIPAM, Pandey held many significant positions in the Union government and the Odisha government, in addition to serving a stint in the Regional Office of the United Nations Industrial Development ...

Updated On: 09 Jan 2025 | 5:12 PM IST

Senior bureaucrat Tuhin Kanta Pandey designated as finance secretary

Senior bureaucrat Tuhin Kanta Pandey was on Saturday designated as the new finance secretary, according to an official order. Pandey, a 1987-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Odisha cadre, is currently the secretary of the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM). The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved designating Pandey as the finance secretary, the order issued by the personnel ministry said. The vacancy was created following the appointment of T V Somanathan as the Cabinet secretary last month. As per the convention, the senior-most secretary in the Union finance ministry is designated as the finance secretary.

Updated On: 07 Sep 2024 | 11:59 PM IST

Senior IAS officer T V Somanathan appointed Cabinet Secretary for two years

Dipam secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey could be the next Finance Secretary

Updated On: 10 Aug 2024 | 6:42 PM IST

After FY26, fiscal deficit target will be a range: Finance Secy Somanathan

Path towards a reduction in the debt-GDP ratio will be announced later

Updated On: 01 Aug 2024 | 1:03 AM IST

'Nothing has structurally changed on either food or fertiliser subsidy'

Somanathan responded to a range of queries arising from the Budget and explained the government's thinking, on employment schemes, capital gains indexation and fiscal roadmap and many more

Updated On: 01 Aug 2024 | 12:03 AM IST

'Internship scheme a complicated solution to a complicated issue': Fin secy

At 'Budget with BS: The Fine Print,' Finance Secretary TV Somanathan said companies costs for interns will be funded through their CSR budgets

Updated On: 31 Jul 2024 | 6:25 PM IST

'Can only provide fiscal incentives': Fin secy on govt's role in employment

At 'Budget with BS: The Fine Print,' Finance Secretary TV Somanathan said fiscal incentives are the central government's responsibility, while skilling and education primarily fall under state govt

Updated On: 31 Jul 2024 | 5:43 PM IST

Govt cannot go alone in skilling, pvt sector crucial: Finance Secretary

Finance secretary discusses the Union Budget's emphasis on employment, skills, and state-level reforms

Updated On: 24 Jul 2024 | 11:13 PM IST

DJB lacks accountability, got Rs 28,400 cr since 2015: Delhi finance secy

The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) received more than Rs 28,400 crore since 2015-16 but it did not use the funds as per sanction conditions, the Delhi government's principal finance secretary has told the Supreme Court which is hearing an AAP government's plea alleging non-disbursal of funds to the water utility. The senior government official also said the statutory body lacks accountability. The top court had on April 5 asked the Delhi government's Principal Secretary (Finance) to release funds to the DJB and had made the utility, responsible for supplying potable water to the national capital, a party to the plea filed by the ruling AAP dispensation. In an affidavit filed before a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, Ashish Chandra Verma, the principal secretary of the finance department, extensively referred a March 15 report of the chief secretary on the subject of "serious problems" related to water supply and maintenance of sewage lines being faced by residents of Delhi to .

Updated On: 08 Apr 2024 | 5:25 PM IST

On path to achieving fiscal deficit target of 4.5% by FY26: FM Sitharaman

Interim Budget: Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra said that the removal of tax old tax disputes is likely to cost the Centre around Rs 3,500 crore

Updated On: 01 Feb 2024 | 5:31 PM IST

Time for private sector to think big & bold for investment cycle: DFS secy

Banks need to do stress testing for cyber risks

Updated On: 27 Dec 2023 | 11:06 PM IST

Finance Ministry holds a review meeting on large value fraud cases

During the review meeting, it was emphasised that all measures should be taken to further improve coordination between the CBI and banks for expeditious investigation

Updated On: 07 Dec 2023 | 10:24 PM IST

No legal bar on member's reappointment: Finance secy T V Somanathan

No further ToRs to come, says Somanathan

Updated On: 30 Nov 2023 | 11:38 PM IST

Retail inflation may ease by Dec owing to seasonal factors: Finance secy

Retail inflation remained above the upper end of RBI's 2%-6% tolerance band for a second consecutive month in August, though it eased from a 15-month high of 7.44% in July

Updated On: 04 Oct 2023 | 2:29 PM IST

'Finmin decided to seek explanation on Acharya's wrath of markets speech'

Achrya later resigned six months ahead of his three-year tenure for 'personal reasons', said the book titled 'We Also Make Policy: An Insider's Account of How the Finance Ministry Functions'

Updated On: 02 Oct 2023 | 8:08 PM IST

India to grow fastest among top economies: Finance secy T V Somanathan

He also outlined three channels through which the diaspora can exert influence: fund flow, trade, and knowledge transfer

Updated On: 24 Aug 2023 | 11:20 PM IST