Budget 2019
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Budget 2019-20: No changes in I-T slabs; PM calls it 'green budget' | Key Takeaways
Budget | Jul 08, 2019, 02:23 PM ISTFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman literally did a tightrope walk balancing the needs of the economy and fiscal constraints in her maiden Budget. Read through the blog to know how Nirmala Sitharaman's maiden Budget speech flowed out.
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Budget 2019: Here is what people expect from Nirmala Sitharaman
Politics | Jul 05, 2019, 12:02 PM ISTBudget 2019-20: Modi Sarkaar 2.0 is all set to announce its first union budget on July 5 and all eyes are on India's first full-time female Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman.
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Budget 2019-20: Nirmala Sitharaman to present her first Budget today
Politics | Jul 05, 2019, 12:02 PM ISTBudget 2019-20: Modi Sarkaar 2.0 is all set to announce its first union budget on July 5 and all eyes are on India's first full-time female Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman.
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Refrain from nudging lenders to pump-prime economy: Urjit Patel
Business | Jul 04, 2019, 11:34 PM ISTMumbai, July 4 (IANS) Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel has warned against the temptation to deploy public sector banks to kick-start growth via mass-scale lending without proper regulations, as it has the potential to flare up the non-performing asset (NPA) situation again.
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Budget 2019: All eyes on Nirmala Sitharaman as middle class expects raise in tax exemption limit
Budget | Jul 04, 2019, 11:51 PM ISTSources said that the Budget 2019-20 will take the sops announced in the Interim Budget further by raising the basic tax exemption limit for an individual income tax payee to Rs 3 lakh from Rs 2.50 lakh at present to cover for the inflationary impact over the years.
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Budget 2019-20: What we can expect from Nirmala Sitharaman's first big day as finance minister
Budget | Jul 04, 2019, 11:59 PM ISTBudget 2019-20: Modi Sarkaar 2.0 is all set to announce its first union budget on July 5 and all eyes are on India's first full-time female Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman. At 11 am on Friday, Nirmala Sitharaman will table the budget in the Parliament. IndiaTVNews.com brings to you a list of various expectations by different sectors as far as Budget 2019-20 is concerned.
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7th Pay Commission: These government employees to get salary hike benefit without promotion
Budget | Jul 05, 2019, 03:45 PM ISTFinance Minister Niramala Sitharaman presented her first Union Budget of Modi Sarkar 2.0 in the Parliament on Friday. In a major development, Paramilitary Force officials will get great relief from the Central government, as their salaries are likely to get hike without promotion, according to reports.
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India on upward growth trajectory, says Arun Jaitley
Budget | Jul 04, 2019, 08:33 PM ISTThe Economic Survey, tabled in Parliament on Thursday, projected India's growth to rise to 7 per cent in the current fiscal, from five-year low of 6.8 per cent in 2018-19.
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Budget 2019-2020: Finance Ministry makes progress in strategic sale of 28 CPSEs
Budget | Jul 04, 2019, 04:08 PM ISTThe Finance Ministry has made progress in the strategic sale of 28 state-owned companies, of which three have already been sold off in the previous fiscal. The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) had raised about Rs 85,000 crore from CPSE disinvestment in 2018-19
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Who is Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian, the man behind the Economic Survey?
Budget | Jul 04, 2019, 12:42 PM ISTThe annual Economic Survey, usually presented a day before the presentation of the annual budget, projects the state of health of the country's economy and outlines the challenges.
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7th Pay Commission: Centre likely to hike minimum pay of Central govt employees
Budget | Jul 03, 2019, 05:44 PM IST7th Pay Commission: The NDA government's Union Budget 2019, to be presented by Nirmala Sitharaman, is likely to bring good news for Central Government employees. Centre may hike the minimum pay and fitment factor of the government employees beyond 7th Pay Commission in the upcoming Union Budget.
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Digital India: Central sector telecom projects may get higher funds support in Budget
Business | Jun 23, 2019, 10:11 AM ISTThe Central sector projects are BharatNet to provide affordable broadband services to citizens and institutions in rural areas where the financial outlay was Rs 8,000 crore in last fiscal.
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Budget 2019-20: All you need to know
Budget | Jun 19, 2019, 09:12 PM ISTBudget 2019-20: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the full-year budget for financial year 2019-20 on July 5. This will be the first budget of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government after securing a massive mandate in May. The Budget Session began on June 17 and will end on July 26.
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E-vehicle sector for priority-lending, R&D incentives in Budget
Budget | Jun 17, 2019, 05:03 PM ISTSeeking tax incentives, the e-vehicle sector has argued that these would boost the government's flagship manufacturing scheme Make in India and drastically cut down vehicular pollution in the country.
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Budget 2019: New power projects may get investment-linked deductions
Budget | Jun 17, 2019, 04:09 PM ISTThe move is expected to bring investments into a sector considered crucial for economic growth. Money flows into greenfield power projects have dried out as work on several upcoming and newly commissioned projects have come to a grinding halt over financing and fuel-related issues.
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IT industry, startups meet Anurag Thakur to discuss data protection, tax issues
Budget | Jun 15, 2019, 06:05 PM ISTThe meeting was also attended by officials from the Finance Ministry, Electronics & IT Ministry, Department of Telecommunications, CBDT and others.
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Budget should focus on promoting food processing to boost farmer's income: Experts
Budget | Jun 14, 2019, 07:37 PM ISTSitharaman will be presenting the 2019-20 budget on July 5. Senior officials of the finance and agriculture ministries, as well as representatives of different agriculture groups, were also present in the two-and-half-hour of meeting here.
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Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga presents a tax-free budget
Budget | Jun 14, 2019, 07:00 PM ISTThe SEDP, a flagship program of the Mizo National Front (MNF) government, aims at accelerating progress in key sectors and transforming Mizoram into a welfare state.
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TPCI's Budget wish list: Address liquidity, incentivize manufacturing to boost exports
Budget | Jun 14, 2019, 05:59 PM ISTThe country's exports grew 9 percent to USD 331 billion in 2018-19. The Budget is scheduled to be presented on July 5.
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Anarock budget wish list for realty sector: Industry status, more bank funds, ITC benefit in GST
Budget | Jun 14, 2019, 05:20 PM IST"With the Modi government taking full charge, all sectors have high hopes from the finance minister - who is already saddled with multiple issues including the slowing economy, liquidity crunch due to NBFC crisis, lack of job creation and rising NPAs, among others," Anarock Chairman Anuj Puri said.