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Shortly after being divested of his Finance and Human Resources Management portfolios, Palanivel Thiaga Rajan on May 11, tweeted that the past two years were the “most fulfilling” in his his life and that he looked forward to re-establishing Tamil Nadu’s position as a leader in the Information Technology sector,…

Brazil's executive secretary of the Finance Ministry, Gabriel Galipolo - who is due to be nominated for a key role at the country's central bank - said on Tuesday he has good relations with central bank Governor Roberto Campos Neto but does not always agree with him.

The plan shrinks the number of Council panels from 28 to 20. Pat Dowell, whose switch of support from Lightfoot to Johnson was crucial to his victory, will be finance chair.

Technical glitches in the files should not affect the delivery of services to the public, Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal has said.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will review the state of the economy amid global and domestic challenges at a meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) on May 8. 

An audit of the Australian Public Service workforce has found that $20.8 billion was spent hiring tens of thousands of external contractors and consultants in the 2021-22 financial year, most of which saw the Liberal-National Coalition in power.

The Finance Ministry has set four targets for tax reform, aiming to boost revenue to cover expenses and deal with future economic uncertainties, says Fiscal Policy Office director-general Pornchai Thiraveja.

A series of parliamentary inquiries found the mutual obligations element of the program to be punitive and "akin to coercive control".

Facing resistance to moving people off disaster-prone family land, Finance Minister Grant Robertson must use this month's Budget to meet some of the anticipated $8 billion shortfall in rebuild costs, writes Jonathan Milne.

A Senate Finance Committee hearing tackles insurance directories that provide inaccurate, outdated provider information.

The board of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is permitted to name an acting secretary-general if the current government fails to endorse an SEC chief by the end of the month, according to Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith.