India continues to rely heavily on coal and petroleum products to meet its energy needs.
The interim Budget announced Rs 60,000 crore for MGNREGA
The budget estimates for 2019-20 are pegged at Rs 60,000 crore which is two times more than the budget presented in 2014-15
Presenting Himachal Pradesh budget a few months before the Lok Sabha elections, CM announced several schemes for farmers
Experts differ, say the task is daunting as Bhupesh Baghel presents Rs 90,910 crore budget for 2019-20
State allocates Rs 600 cr for cow shelters, Rs 942 cr under Scholarship Scheme for minority students, Rs 459 cr for modernisation of Arabic Persian madarsas
UP Annual Budget 2019 also proposed to develop Rishi Bhardwaj Ashram and Shringverpur Dham in Allahabad
Budget size swells 12% yet fiscal deficit below mandated 3% of GSDP
Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma also announced waiver of hotel fees for students and some social security schemes to cover the young widows
However, the sum to be allocated for developing and building INSAT and GSAT satellites was proposed to be cut for 2019-20
Asked if India risks a rating downgrade following the breach in fiscal deficit target, Moody's said the country's 'Baa2' rating has a 'Stable' outlook, which indicates a balance of upside and downside
The government expects Rs 28,000 crore from the RBI as interim dividend for the current fiscal based on the financial position of the first half of the central bank.
Modi said that his government has been able to address the problem of financial distress of the farmers from the roots in the Interim Budget 2019
Interim Budget for 2019-20 proposed to give full tax rebate to individuals having taxable annual income up to Rs 5 lakh with a view to benefitting around 3 crore middle class taxpayers
The provisions in the interim Budget presented on Friday reflect the robust revenue growth
We believe some of the other expenditure such as bank recapitalisation, petroleum, and fertiliser subsidy to require an upward revision that will push the overall expenditure
There were no major outlay announcements, but the Budget broke convention by announcing sops for rural households and the middle-income population
Pre-election spending has led to fiscal slippage by a modest margin
The mop-up touched Rs 1.03 trn in Jan, taking the collection since April 2018 to Rs 9.71 trn
No interim budget in the past also announced as big an income-tax concession as Mr Piyush Goyal did