Tag: Union Budget

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced the setting up of a social stock exchange under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for listing of organisations which work for social welfare. Presenting her maiden Union Budget, the Minister said that the exchange would help social and voluntary organisations which work for […]

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said 1.25 lakh km of roads across the country will be upgraded under phase three of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). Presenting the Budget for 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha, Sitharaman said allocation of Rs 80,250 crore had been made for the plan.

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday stressed that the railways need an investment of Rs 50 lakh crore from 2018 to 2030 and proposed public private partnership to unleash faster development of passenger and freight services. Presenting the Union Budget in Parliament, Sitharaman said: “It is estimated that railway infrastructure would need […]

New Delhi: Realising the need to create skilled professionals in the New-Age technologies that are fast changing the business landscape for both big and small enterprises, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the government would double down on its efforts to help develop the required skill sets needed by the industries across the spectrum. […]

New Delhi: To tap benefits of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), a public sector enterprise, New Space India Limited (NSIL) has been incorporated, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Friday. NSIL’s primary aim will be to scale up industry participation in Indian space programmes. “India has emerged as a major space power. Time […]

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced a ‘Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana to modernize the fishery sector. Presenting the Budget for 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha, Sitharaman said fishing and fishermen were closely aligned with farming and were crucial to rural India. “Through the focussed Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana, the Department […]

New Delhi: The effective tax rates for the higher income group individuals having taxable income from Rs 2 crore to Rs 5 crore and Rs 5 crore and above is proposed to be increased by around 3 percent and 7 percent respectively. Presenting the General Budget 2019-20 in the Parliament today, Union Minister of Finance […]

Bhubaneswar: The Centre will soon introduce a new ‘National Education Policy’ to transform higher education system in the country. The new policy has proposed major changes in both school and higher education among others, better Governance systems and brings greater focus on research and innovation. An amount of Rs. 400 crore has been provided for […]

New Delhi: A Credit Guarantee Enhancement Corporation is to be set up in 2019-20. This was announced by the Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman, while presenting the Union Budget 2019-20 in Parliament today. The Finance Minister further said that we recognize that investment-driven growth requires access to low cost capital. It […]

New Delhi: Describing the Union Budget as citizen friendly, development friendly and future oriented, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said it will empower the poor and provide the youth with a better future. Terming the Budget as one that extends “hope” and boosts “self confidence”, he said the policies of the government will empower […]

In her maiden Budget on Friday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was seen stressing more on tackling the loopholes in the economy through incremental steps rather than just opting for the announcement route, but the announcement didn’t bring any cheer for the lakhs of Central government employees who were expecting hike in minimum pay beyond the […]

New Delhi: The Union Budget has “unnecessarily defensive strokes, drop catches and quite a few no balls”, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said in Lok Sabha on Monday, slamming the government for allegedly not addressing key issues facing the economy, including farm distress, and raising fuel prices. Tharoor, who was initiating discussion on the Union Budget […]

Mumbai: Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) have pulled out nearly Rs 3,000 crore after the Budget proposed a higher surcharge on the super-rich impacting most FPIs. In just 6 sessions since the Union Budget was proposed, FIIs offloaded Rs 2,937.53 crore worth of shares. Institutional investors play a dominant role in day-to-day market movement in India. […]

New Delhi:  The dismal economic growth has forced the government to step on the gas ahead of the Union Budget — with sources saying that it is not just North Block assigned to the Budget — but even Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself taking on an active role. Modi is meeting economists at Niti Aayog […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called for a focussed effort to make India a USD 5 trillion economy in an interaction with economists, sector experts and successful young entrepreneurs ahead of the Union Budget for 2020-21. Appreciating the suggestions made by the experts, the Prime Minister said that he would endeavour to […]