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States may adopt Centre's laws on agri land leasing, contract farming: FM

Presenting the Budget for 2020-21, Sitharaman said farmers will be be allowed to set up solar units on barren/fallow lands and supply power to grids

Budget 2020: FDI in India rises to $284 billion during 2014-19, says FM

FDI is important as the country requires major investments to overhaul its infrastructure sector to boost growth

Budget 2020: Govt to bring simplified return form for GST from April 2020

In her second Budget presentation, the finance minister said GST has resulted in gains of Rs 1 lakh crore to consumers and removed inspector raj and also helped the transport sector

Budget 2020: India lifted 271 mn people out of poverty, says Sitharaman

The government aims to achieve seamless delivery of services through digital governance, she added

India now fifth largest economy: Sitharaman in Budget 2020 speech

Presenting the Union Budget for 2020-21, she said growth of 7.4 per cent was surpassed in 2014-19 with average inflation of 4.5 per cent

Budget 2020: Fundamentals of economy strong, inflation contained, says FM

Presenting the Union Budget for 2020-21, she said it is aimed at boosting income and purchasing power of people

Union Budget will show how much BJP cares for Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal

The city government has also been demanding more funds from the Centre for the MCD.

Cabinet approves Union Budget 2020-21, FM's speech shortly

Before coming to Parliament for presenting her second budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and her team met President Ram Nath Kovind

Budget 2020: Govt may introduce programme to buy NBFCs' stressed assets

The government is likely to unveil, in the Union Budget 2020, a Troubled Assets Relief Programme (TARP) similar to what the US initiated during the financial crisis in 2008

Goa govt receives 400 suggestions in four days on budget website: CM

The state budget would be presented on February 6 during the state Assembly session, which will be held between February 3 and 7

Will Nirmala Sitharaman's Union Budget help make the 2020s India's decade?

PM Modi kicked off the "new decade" theme on Friday morning in his customary statement before the beginning of the Budget session.

Coronavirus fears roil global markets, Indian shares slip before Budget

With growth in Asia's third-largest economy languishing at its lowest in a decade, the government is likely to increase spending on infrastructure and offer some tax incentives in its 2020/2021 budget

Tax cuts for salaried class, rural investment on Congress' Budget wishlist

Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the last budget led to crashing consumption levels, soaring unemployment and falling GDP

Budget 2020: PM Narendra Modi seems keen to move beyond gradual moves

On January 6, he held a series of meetings with Indian Inc, economists and experts on the Union Budget for 2020.

Economic Survey 2020: Jobs as an outcome of an exports strategy

The Survey does not address the problem of jobs comprehensively. Volume I does not use any data on jobs at all

Budget in bahi khata: FM Sitharaman continues tradition she started

Last year, Sitharaman had ditched the long-standing tradition of carrying budget documents in a leather briefcase and went swadeshi with a 'bahi-khata'

Budget 2020: Sitharaman reaches Finance Ministry, meets President Kovind

Sitharaman will present her second budget in the Parliament at 11 am today. Before presenting the budget, she will meet President Ram Nath Kovind

Budget 2020: PM-Kisan scheme may see a cut in govt's budgetary allocation

It is learnt that the allocation for PM-Kisan may be slashed by 20 per cent to about Rs 60,000 crore in the general Budget from Rs 75,000 crore

Economic Survey: 'Counter-cyclical fiscal policy' to boost demand justified

The Survey places primary blame for the slowdown on global factors, saying 'the deceleration of India's GDP growth since 2017 has tracked the decline in world output'

Budget 2020: To give boost to SMEs, govt may hike custom duty on 300 items

The Commerce and Industry Ministry in its budget recommendations has proposed rationalisation of basic customs on over 300 items across sectors