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A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. It may also be a junior minister in the finance department, the British Treasury, for example has four junior ministers.
A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names across the world, such as "treasury", "finance", "financial affairs", "economy" or "economic affairs". The position of the finance minister might be named for this portfolio, but it may also have some other name, like "Treasurer" or, in the United Kingdom, "Chancellor of the Exchequer".
The duties of a finance minister differ between countries. Typically, they encompass one or more of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation, but there are significant differences between countries:
Union Finance Minister launches the official YouTube channel today in NewDelhi
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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presenting the Union Budget 2015-16 in the Parliament. Date: Feb 29, 2016
Uganda's government says the country's economy is stressed but not in a recession. This follows a new report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that shows that Uganda's economy is performing relatively well, but in a complex environment. CCTV's Michael Baleke has that report.
Indian Union Budget 2016 is presented by Hon'ble Minister of Finance, Arun Jaitley. But do you know who presented the first budget of India? And who was the first and the only woman finance minister? Learn 9 such rare facts about Indian Union Budget in this video. #Budget2016 India’s first budget was presented in November 1947 by India’s first Finance Minister Sir R K Shanmukham Chetty whose complete name was Sir Ramasamy Chetty Kandasamy Shanmukham Chetty KCIE. "Sir" and "KCIE" are titles given by the British. "KCIE" stands for "Knight Commander of Indian Empire". Sir Chintaman Dwarakanath Deshmukh was the first FM who had been the governor of RBI earlier. Indira Gandhi is the first and the only Woman Finance Minister so far.
The minister in the ministry of finance says insurance is the way to go as it relates to the island recovering from disaster. This comes on the heels of a 10.2 million dollar pay-out to the Saint Lucia government by the Caribbean catastrophe risk insurance facility (CCRIF SPC).
It is now official, the Nigerian economy, which overtook South Africa to emerge as the largest in Africa in 2014, is now in recession, the federal government finally declared yesterday. The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, who made this disclosure while briefing the Senate yesterday on the state of the nation’s economy, was however emphatic that the recession was technical and would be short-lived. Buttressing the point, her counterpart in the Ministry of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, who briefed State House correspondents after the 69th meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC), said the economy was “technically in recession”, adding however that it would start to grow by the end of the third quarter of 2016. The recession, notwithstanding, Adeos...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has placed economic development at the heart of his political agenda, and as his government completes its first year in office, India’s economy is looking up. The World Bank predicts that by next year, India’s growth rate will exceed China’s. What kind of reforms can pave the way for India to achieve double-digit growth? Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley discusses current reforms underway and lays out his plans for Asia’s third-largest economy. We invite you to follow the speech and comment on Twitter with #JaitleyatAEI. Subscribe AEI's YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/AEIVideos?sub_confirmation=1 Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AEIonline Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AEI For More Information http://www.aei.or...
The full implementation of the N6.03 trillion 2016 budget will depend on the ability of the federal government to meet its revenue targets, the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has said. The minister spoke at the House of Representatives sectoral debate on economic diversification and said: “I cannot promise that every single agency would receive every money appropriated for them (because) the budget is an estimate and funds would be released based on revenue.”
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Just a fortnight ago the government floated the idea of seeking public opinion on the issue of Uniform Civil Code. And in a definitive stand laid out by the government, Finance Minister Arun Jatiley has said that the government supports equality and that personal law reforms are an ongoing process. Earlier the Law Ministry in its affidavit has said that polygamy and Triple Talaq should be done away with. And said that practices cannot be regarded as essential part of the religion. For More information on this news visit: http://www.newsx.com/ Connect with us on Social platform at: http://www.facebook.com/newsxonline Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/newsxlive
Mr. Rajan Khanal Secretary (Revenue) Ministry of Finance Nepal.
Dwindling Resources Require Innovative And Cost Efffective Ways Of Management Especially As It Relates To Government Expenditure. To Bring Senior Government Officials Up To Speed, A Cost Management Workshop Has Been Organized By The Federal Ministry Of Finance Through Its Efficiency Unit. Minister Of Finance Kemi Adeosun Reiterated The Need To Channel More Resources To Capital Projects Rather Than Recurrent Or Overhead Expenditure.
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission chief to Pakistan Herald Finger has denied the reports that IMF had given "Finance Minister of the year 2016 for South Asia award" to Pakistan' Finance Minister Ishaq Dar. He was addressing Daily Times via video link from Washington to Pakistani Media personals at Islamabad on Thursday. Mission chief Herald Finger said that "we have no relation with the Magazine who gave the Award to Finance Minister Ishaq Dar." He emphasised upon Pakistani government to make the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) more transparent. "CPEC projects will increase the external debt to Pakistan," he said. Herald Finger said that Pakistan has to expedite the work on Privatisation Program and make reforms to the energy sector. Load shedding is a grave issue in Paki...
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The World Bank and other international development partners are to release $1.3billion to the development `bank of Nigeria (DBN) to meet the funding needs of the small and medium enterprise in Nigeria.
---by Adolf Kaure The Ministry of Finance launched its customer service charters recently in Windhoek. The deputy minister of Finance, Natanwe Ithete says that these charters will improve the quality of service rendered to citizens.
South Africa remains focused on avoiding a ratings downgrade despite a 0.8 percent growth projection for 2016 by the World Bank. Ratings agencies are expected to make their announcements in 8 weeks and as Angelo Coppola reports, minds at the national treasury are not resting easy.
To head off growing discontent over high property tax burdens, the Finance Ministry announced it had reached a consensus with municipal authorities to lower national housing taxes as soon as next year. Taipei officials, meanwhile, called on the central government to expand housing and land tax cuts for those living in new urban housing projects.Hsieh Chun-chiao, the leader of the Wenlin Yuan tenants association, was thrilled to finally move into her new home last month, more than ten years after the urban redevelopment project was confirmed. But she wasn’t as happy to discover that the annual housing tax on her new unit had jumped from just NT$2,000 to NT$50,000.Hsieh Chun-chiao (August 29)Wenlin Yuan Tenants Association "Oh! NT$50,000 is really too expensive"The Taipei City government wro...
The Australia India Institute in association with the Consulate General of India (Melbourne, Australia) was delighted to welcome India's Finance Minister The Hon. Arun Jaitley to Melbourne. In an exclusive appearance, Minister Jaitley participated in a town hall lecture with Professor Craig Jeffrey, Director of the Australia India Institute
In this evergreen teaching Bishop David Oyedepo unveiled practical truth of how you can finance the ministry. This is a must view for all pastors and business personnel. It will be a great blessing to you.
Budget Speech 2073 BY Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel Parliament of Nepal
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