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  Budget 2020: New Education Policy soon, FM says proposing Degree Level Online Education System

  Education | February 01, 2020 15:00 IST

  Education Budget 2020: Presenting union budget 2020, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced 'Study in India programme' as part of Modi government's plan to improve the education sector. The finance minister also announced that the National Education Policy will soon be announced.

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  National Police University, National Forensic Science University proposed by Sitharaman

  Education | February 01, 2020 12:54 IST

  ​Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced National Police University and National Forensic Science University as she allocated Rs 99, 300 crores for Education sector in 2021. Sitharaman said a new education policy will be announced soon.

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  FM Sitharaman proposes 'Kisan Rail' in her 16-point plan to improve farm sector

  Business | February 01, 2020 11:51 IST

  Presenting Budget 2020, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced 'Kisan Rail' as part of Modi government's 16-point plan to improve the farm sector.

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  Budget 2020: Sitharaman lists 16 points to boost farmer income

  Business | February 01, 2020 12:24 IST

  Finanace Minister Nirmala Sithraman on Saturday presented the Budget 2020 in the Lok Sabha. In her budget speech, Sitharaman said that the government is committed to doubling farmers' income by 2022. She lists 16 action points for farmers' welfare.

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  Budget 2020: What FM Nirmala Sitharaman has to boost job creation

  Business | February 01, 2020 17:18 IST

  India is already struggling with its fiscal deficit target and economic slowdown has taken a toll on the job scene in the country. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to address this problem in her Budget speech today. Budget 2020-21 is likely to focus on resolving the issue that is impeding job creation in India.

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  Nirmala Sitharaman Budget 2020 Speech: Full Text

  Business | February 01, 2020 14:00 IST

  Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presenting Budget 2020 in Parliament on Saturday. The most important highlight of Budget 2020 was the introduction of new slabs and reduced tax rate for different slabs. 

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  Union Budget 2020: IT Sector suggests budget should spur AI use in economy

  Technology | February 01, 2020 11:08 IST

  Budget 2020: With the US and China racing ahead of India in AI research, AI entrepreneurship and government investment in AI is much needed.

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  Railway Budget 2020: BIG push for Indian Railways! More Tejas trains, private trains announced

  Business | February 01, 2020 14:19 IST

  Railway Budget 2020: Indian Railways, the lifeline of the country and the common man, is expecting big announcements from the Railway Budget 2020. Will trains fare hike? Is one of the biggest questions raised ahead of Budget. Railway Budget 2020 is expected to lay out the roadmap for an investment of Rs 50 lakh crore by 2030 in the Indian Railways network.

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  Budget 2020: Here's what Tech giants and startups have to say about Budget 2020-21

  Technology | February 01, 2020 11:54 IST

  Budget 2020 is about to begin and here's what the tech giants and startup feel about the upcoming changes.

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  Budget 2020: Nirmala Sitharaman back with traditional 'bahi khata'

  Business | February 01, 2020 10:28 IST

  Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman carried documents in a traditional 'Bahi-Khata' (ledger) wrapped in a red cloth for Budget 2020. This is Sitharaman's second budget presentation.

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  Budget 2020: BIG Highlights from Sitharaman's Budget speech

  Business | February 01, 2020 17:10 IST

  Budget 2020: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented Budget 2020 in Lok Sabha on February 1. During her speech, Sitharaman announced major reforms for agriculture and education sector including a simplification of GST system. Here are the BIG Highlights from Budget 2020:

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  Budget 2020: Major highlights of Nirmala Sitharaman's speech, as they unfolded

  Business | February 02, 2020 15:00 IST

  Budget 2020 updates: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday presented her second union budget with a vision to revive the economy. The biggest take away from her budget speech is the introduction of new income tax regime which will be a major relief for the middle class.

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  Budget 2020: PM Kisan may see 20 percent cut in budgetary allocation

  Business | February 01, 2020 8:57 IST

  The reason for this is not to implement the scheme by some states like West Bengal. Also, many states do not have proper data of farmers. The target of farmers availing this scheme has been reduced from 14.5 crore to 14 crores which will mean lower spending and allocation under the scheme.

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  Income Tax Slabs revised

  Business | February 01, 2020 14:29 IST

  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday delivered major relief to tax payers by slashing tax rates and restructuring the tax slabs. Sitharaman proposed to bring a personal income tax regime, where income tax rates will be reduced, so now, person earning between Rs 5 to 7.5 lakhs will be required to pay tax at 10 per cent against current 20 per cent.

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  Budget 2020: More than 300 items may see customs duty hike in Budget

  Business | February 01, 2020 8:36 IST

  The import duty hike on footwear is a move to thwart the increase in imports of undervalued and cheap footwear. While the majority of imports are coming from ASEAN countries, with which India has a free trade agreement, it is suspected that China is re-routing large quantities of footwear through these countries.

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  Budget 2020: Bad news! Taxpayers lose Rs 98,900 crore in Public Sector Banks

  Business | February 01, 2020 17:43 IST

  Budget 2020: There's bad news for taxpayers as Economic Survey 2019-2020 report makes an alarming revelation. According to the Economic Survey, in 2019, taxpayers' total money invested in public Sector Banks (Sarkari banks) by the government has suffered a massive loss.

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  Budget 2020: What women expect from Nirmala Sitharaman?

  Business | February 01, 2020 8:23 IST

  Budget 2020: The last budget, presented in July, emphasised on self-help groups (SGHS) and announced that every woman member of SGHS, holding a Jan Dhan account will be allowed an overdraft of ₹ 5,000.

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  Budget 2020: What salaried employees would expect?

  Business | February 01, 2020 8:22 IST

  As Nirmala Sitharaman presents Union Budget 2020, all eyes are on the big announcements by the Finance Minister.

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  Budget 2020: Not Ivory towers, real estate sector needs a solid foundation

  Business | February 01, 2020 8:22 IST

  The government has publically committed that it will provide housing to all by the year 2022. For this, the government needs to rejuvenate the sector. The government needs to make drastic reforms. This makes it all the more important that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman gives real estate sector a relief in Union Budget 2020.

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  Budget 2020: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to present her second Budget today

  Business | February 01, 2020 7:23 IST

  Budget 2020: As the Budget presentation comes amid an economic slowdown, expectations are high that the Union budget could provide the much-needed boost or balm-propel investments and demand and, most importantly, lift sentiment.