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‘This Budget forward looking, has vision for India at 100’: Sitharaman
Over Rs seven lakh crore is being spent on infrastructure and this will also create jobs, she added.
This Budget lacks long term plan, vision: Kapil Sibal
Highlighting the importance of investing in Research and Development, the Congress lawmaker said, "Give students the freedom to think."
Budget people friendly, creates new opportunities for jobs and growth: PM Modi
"This will further open the green job sector. This Budget not only solves contemporary problems but also ensures a bright future for the youth.
Health Sector allocation sees over 16% hike in Budget
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that the Budget will prove effective in making a self-reliant India and strengthening the Antyodaya targeted schemes.
Union Budget 2022-23: Sitharaman to begin her day at 9 a.m. on Feb 1
As per the established traditions, the President of India is the first to be briefed about the budget provisions by the Union Finance Minister.
Income disparity increasing, says Congress
The Union Budget should only and only focus on increasing money in the hands of the poor.
Budget 2022: Big boost to MSMEs expected
Congress leader and former party president Rahul Gandhi, just after the last year's Budget, said: "Modi's crony centric budget means - Struggling MSMEs given no low interest loans, no GST relief. The employers of India's largest workforce betrayed."
Finance Minister concludes pre-Budget meetings with stakeholders
More than 120 invitees representing seven stakeholder groups participated in eight meetings during the period, a Ministry of Finance statement said.
Delhi govt presents Rs 69,000-Cr budget for FY 2021-22
New Delhi, Mar 9 : The Delhi government presented a Rs 69,000-crore budget themed on “patriotism” for financial…
Opposition forces 2nd adjournment in Rajya Sabha on fuel hike
But the Chair did not allow it and said that it is against the rules. The House was adjourned till 11 a.m. after the Congress MPs resorted to sloganeering.
Budget discussion Rajya Sabha: Crony capitalism, 4-5 big boys own almost all assets, says Kapil Sibal
Questioning the government's handling of the economy, Sibal said, “What has it done for the poor? What are the allocations made for the poor? The problem is that there is what is called jugglery of data.”
Railways refutes Trinamool’s charge of ignoring WB in budget
The official further said that the Pink Book of Railways which was published on February 3 gives details of the allotments for the West Bengal.
Budget fails to impress Delhi traders
Despite Palika Bazaar having many shops in its compound, the trade improving to 40-50 per cent points to the fact that recovery is happening at a snail’s pace.
Fuel prices will not increase: Javadekar
New Delhi, Feb 1 : Ruling out the possibility of a hike in fuel prices after the imposition…
Delhi Police allocated Rs 8,644 crore in Budget
A total of Rs 306 crore will be spent on police infrastructure -- construction of office buildings, residential buildings and development of a new police headquarters building.
Budget allocates multi-crore infrastructure projects in poll-bound states for 2021
The finance minister announced a number of mega projects for West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala where BJP hopes to make significant electoral gains.
Budget a letdown like never before, says Chidambaram
Rs 2.50 on petrol per litre and Rs 4.00 on diesel per litre is a cruel blow to the average citizen, including the farmers.
Custom duty hike: Phones may get costlier by 3-4% after Feb 2
New Delhi: In another bid to boost domestic manufacturing, the government on Monday announced an increase in custom…
Modi plans to give assets to crony capitalist friends: Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi had said, "Support MSMEs, farmers and workers to generate employment, and increase Healthcare expenditure to save lives. Increase Defence expenditure to safeguard borders."
Ashok Gehlot unhappy with Budget, says people left disappointed
Jaipur, Feb 1 : Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday expressed his displeasure over the Budget presented…
Govt to hike FDI cap in insurance sector to 74 pc
It was in 2015 when the government hiked the FDI cap in the insurance sector from 26 per cent to 49 per cent.
Sensex over 50K mark as Biden, Budget fuel fast recovery hopes
Positive global cues and expectations of healthy quarterly results, along with that of a supportive Union Budget FY22,…
Centre convenes all-party meet on Jan 30 ahead of Budget session
The Modi government has called an all-party meeting on January 30 to hold discussions ahead of the presentation…
Parliament session from Jan 29, FM to present Budget on Feb 1
The 5th session of the 17th Lok Sabha will have 35 sittings -- 11 in the first part and 24 in the second part.
No-Bag Day on Saturdays for Rajasthan students
The Chief Minister also announced Rs 100 crore for setting up a 'Tourism Development Fund' and said that the policy for 'ease of travelling in Rajasthan' will be pursued.
Rajasthan CM Gehlot promises 50,000 jobs
Despite several vacancies getting stuck in legal tangles and the proverbial red tapes, Gehlot sounded confident of creating around 50,000 jobs this year.
KCR slams Budget, terms it ‘totally disappointing’
"In 2019-20 financial year, Rs 19,718 crore was rightfully due from the Centre to the Telangana but in the revised estimates, it was reduced to Rs 15,987 crore," he said.
FDI into India increased to $284 bn during 2014-19
New Delhi, Feb 1 : Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday that the Foreign direct investment (FDI)…
Lok Sabha adjourned till Saturday after brief meeting
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was was adjourned till Saturday 11 a.m. after a brief meeting on Friday,…
Opposition parties to hold meet on Jan 30 ahead of Parliament Budget Session
New Delhi , Jan 25: A meeting of opposition parties is scheduled to be held on January 30…
FM Sitharaman may push for Rs 30K cr interim dividend from RBI to meet low revenue generation, slowdown
The government is fighting a six year low growth, subdued demand and consumption leading to projections of 5 per cent growth in current fiscal which is an 11 year drop.
Bank unions call for strike on Budget, Economic Survey days
UFBU is an umbrella body of nine Bank unions AIBEA, AIBOC, NCBE, AIBOA, BEFI, INBEF, INBOC, NOBW and NOBO.
FPIs pull-out over Rs 20,500 Crore, even as govt adamant on super-rich surcharge
New Delhi, Aug 3: Despite the flight of over Rs 20,500 crore worth of foreign funds from the…
Centre didn’t submit ‘bold’ Union Budget despite ‘superb’ mandate to address unemployment issue
New Delhi, July 11: During a debate on the Union Budget in the Rajya Sabha, Congress leader P…
Deutsche Bank shares fall as restructuring begins
Berlin, July 8 (IANS) Deutsche Bank shares fell on Monday as investors digested details of a huge restructuring…
BJP, RSS preached Mob lynchings to People, says Digvijay Singh
Indore, July 7 : Entirely blaming the Bharatiya Janata Party and RSS for the rise in spate of…
No new SEZ policy in budget a missed opportunity: Nasscom
Bengaluru, July 5 (IANS) The absence of a new Special Economic Zones (SEZ) policy in the Union Budget…
Nothing to fuel growth in healthcare, pharma sectors: Dr Reddy’s
Hyderabad, July 5 (IANS) Pharma major Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd on Friday said that the Union Budget 2019-20…
Centre betrayed Andhra even in its last budget: Chandrababu Naidu
Amaravati, Feb 2: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday slammed the Centre for betraying the…
Farmers’ protest as FM announces farm sops; DND shut, Delhi-Noida traffic hit
New Delhi, Feb 1 : On the day when Finance Minister Piyush Goyal announced direct annual income support…
Interim Budget buoys market, Sensex ends 212 pts up
Mumbai, Feb 1:Interim Budget announcements of higher tax exemption limit and key measures for the rural economy and…
Budget 2019: Piyush Goyal announces single window clearance for Indian filmmakers
New Delhi, Feb 1: Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday announced that there will be a single window…
This in not Budget, but BJP manifesto for Lok Sabha polls: Congress
New Delhi, Feb 1: The Congress on Friday dubbed the Interim Budget as the “BJP manifesto”, saying the…
Budget 2019: No need to pay income tax if you earn less than Rs 5 lakh
New Delhi, Feb 1: Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday made some major announcements in this year’s interim…
Budget 2019: Rs 6,000 investment support to farmers
New Delhi, Feb 1: Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday announced direct annual income support of Rs 6,000…
Budget 2019: Government announces ‘Kamdhenu Yojana’ for cows
New Delhi, Feb 1: Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday announced that the government will set up “Kamdhenu…
On Feb 1, will it be an interim budget or vote-on-account?
New Delhi, Jan 28: Will there be an interim budget or a vote-on-account on February 1. While the…
Budget expectation, Q3 results to guide Indian equities
The ongoing third quarter earning results, budget expectations, developments in the US-China trade relations and the Brexit issue…
Budget session from January 31 to February 13
New Delhi, Jan 9: The Parliament budget session is likely to commence from January 31 to February 13,…
Delhi Budget 2018-19: 26 % allocation for Education, Health gets 12.7 %
New Delhi, March 22: Delhi Finance Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday presented Budget for 2018-19 before the assembly…
Budget Session: Gratuity bill passed in Rajya Sabha, Both the houses adjourned for the day
New Delhi, March 22: As uproar continued on the 14th consecutive day in the second half of the Budget…
Tamil Nadu presents deficit budget
Chennai, March 15: Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam on Thursday presented a deficit budget for the year…
Shashi Tharoor proposes bill to make stalking ‘non-bailable offence’
New Delhi, March 8: On the eve of International Women’s Day, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor proposed a bill…
Chandrababu Naidu Upset with Modi Govt over Budget, says BJP did injustice to Andhra Pradesh
New Delhi, Feb 17: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu is upset with Narendra Modi led central government…
BJP MLA’s audio seeking leadership change in Rajasthan goes viral
Jaipur, Feb 12: As Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje presents her government’s final budget before the polls, a recorded telephonic…
Centre releases Rs 1269 crore for Andhra Pradesh
Amaravati, Feb 10: Amid political strain between the BJP and its ally TDP over allocation given to the…
Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh to present the state budget today
Chief Minister Raman Singh will be presenting the Chhattisgarh budget in state Legislative Assembly, today(Saturday). Talking to news…
‘RBI shouldn’t hike rate for fear of Budget stoking inflation’
New Delhi, Feb 4: The RBI should refrain from raising interest rates owing to concerns about inflation being stoked…
Budget Impact: Equity indices crash after government re-introduces LTCG tax
Mumbai, Feb 2: Indian equity markets tumbled on Friday following negative global cues and a disappointing announcement in the…
Budget is directionless, inefficient to generate employment: Sibal
Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal criticised the Union Budget 2018 for being directionless and inefficient to generate employment…
GST revenue to fall Rs 50K crore short
New Delhi, Feb 1: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley projected a higher fiscal deficit of 3.5 percent of the…
BJP Ally TDP Upset with Budget, Threatens to break alliance
New Delhi, Feb 2: The BJP’s biggest ally in the south, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), is upset…
Budget 2018: Railways gets Rs 1.48 lakh crore
New Delhi, Feb 1: Stressing on boosting the safety aspect of Railways and its carrying capacity, Finance Minister Arun…
Budget 2018: For senior citizens, Rs 50,000 interest income exempted
In a bid to provide relief to senior citizens, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday unveiling Budget 2018 announced that exemption of…
Budget Session: Dream of ‘New India’ to be realised in 2018, says President Kovind in his address
New Delhi, Jan 29: The Budget Session began with President Kovind’s address to both the houses of Parliament on…
Jaitley’s last full Budget to be different due to GST
New Delhi, Jan 28: The last full Union Budget to be presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the…
Budget session starts from 29 Jan, Union Budget 2018 on 1 Feb
New Delhi, Jan 5: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar on Friday announced that the budget session would commence from 29 January to…
India’s April-August fiscal deficit at over 96% of target
New Delhi, Sep 29, 2017: India’s April-August fiscal deficit — at Rs 5.25 lakh crore — stood at…
SpiceJet hikes excess baggage fee
New Delhi, Aug 19: Budget airline SpiceJet hiked its excess baggage charges. According to the airline’s website, till…
House approves $1.6bn for US-Mexico border wall
Washington, July 28: The House of Representatives has voted to approve a budget bill which includes $1.6 billion requested…
India’s April-May fiscal deficit at 68% of full year target
New Delhi, June 30 : India’s fiscal deficit up to last month during the current fiscal touched Rs 3.73…
CAG breaks Gujarat model myth; Cites medical, social lapses; Rs 15k cr unspent
New Delhi, April 3: The Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) of India tabled its annual report in the state…
India’s April-February fiscal deficit at 113.4% of full year target
New Delhi, March 31: India’s fiscal deficit in the April-February period of the current fiscal touched Rs 6.06…
Andhra presents Rs 1.57 lakh crore budget
Amaravati, March 15: Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday presented nearly Rs 1.57 lakh crore budget for 2017-18, an increase of…
Finance Bill to be passed before March 31: Jaitley
New Delhi, March 7: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said that the Finance Bill 2017 will be passed…
No hosannas for Railways in the Union Budget
Arun Jaitley the Union Finance Minister has proposed a capital expenditure of Rs 1, 31,000 crore for Indian…
Opposition slams Jaitley for hopeless budget; terms sops as lollipop
New Delhi, February 1: While Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the Union Budget 2017 presented by Finance Minister…
Budget Session 2017 : President Mukherjee addresses joint session of Parliament
New Delhi, January 31: The Budget Session of Parliament has begun with President Pranab Mukherjee addressing a joint…
Budget to be tough exercise post-note ban: Assocham
New Delhi, Jan 29 : Notwithstanding the high expectations of cuts in corporate and income tax rates in Wednesday’s…
No schemes for poll-bound states in Budget, EC tells govt
New Delhi, January 24: The Election Commission on Monday barred the Central government from announcing any schemes for the…
Govt mulling on cash disincentives; quote PAN details on Rs 30,000 payment
New Delhi: In order to push digital, Modi government may soon announce a series of disincentives on use of…
EC asks govt to respond to Oppn’s budget delay demand by Jan 10
New Delhi, January 7: Following ‘model code of conduct,’ Election Commission of India (ECI) has asked Union Government…
Oppn parties meet EC, demand polls after March 8
New Delhi, January 5: Slamming Central government’s decision to present union budget on Feb 1 as a political…
CCPA meeting concludes, budget session to begin on Jan 31
New Delhi, Jan 3, 2017: The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA) took place in Delhi on Tuesday and…
Government gave ‘casual treatment’ to GST in budget: Congress
The Congress on Thursday slammed the budget, saying the government gave “casual treatment” to the Goods and Services…
Live Budget 2016: Jaitley announces Rs 35984 cr for agriculture, farmers’ welfare
Finance minister Arun Jaitley announced three major schemes for farmers and agricultural sector as he presented the budget…
Highlights of Macro-Economic Survey 2016-17
Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Friday tabled the ruling party government’s Macro-Economic Survey 2016-17 in Parliament. According to…
Obama proposes $4.1 trillion spending plan in final White House budget
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed a record $4.1 trillion pending plan for the fiscal year 2017.…