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Tax rebates for middle class to benefit travel, tourism sector: Industry

The focus on tax rebates for the middle class has brought a sigh of relief for them and now they will be able to spend more on vacations

Implementing farmers' income support scheme may face roadblocks: Experts

According to the experts, the government might have announced the initiative to boost immediate consumption-led growth of the economy

Interim Budget 2019: Tax waiver on notional rent gives respite to realtors

The interim budget has focussed on right areas to alleviate the stress in the housing sector

Budget 2019: Modest 6.35% hike in defence budget, govt talks up OROP

The defence allocation for the coming year will account for 15.5 per cent of the central government's expenditure, and 2.05 per cent of the estimated GDP

Interim Budget 2019: No income tax on income of up to Rs 5 lakh a year

Standard deduction has been raised from Rs 40,000 to Rs 50,000, which will benefit 30 million salaried individuals

In Modi's pro-farmer, pro-middle class Budget, here's what was missing

Conscious of unfulfilled promises and a patchy performance meant Goyal curbed use of 'development,' 'manufacturing,' 'growth' and 'infrastructure' unlike previous years

Top 10 Budget headlines: Income tax rebate, fiscal deficit target, and more

Here are the top 10 business stories that made news on Friday

Centre aims for an ambitious 18% growth in overall GST mop-up in FY20

For FY20, the Centre has increased the direct tax collection target by 15 per cent to Rs 13.8 trillion

Interim Budget has sops for voters, slips on fiscal deficit target again

Goyal broke with interim budgets' precedent to announce a tax cut: a rebate for taxpayers with a taxable income of less than Rs 5 lakh who would now, in effect, pay no income tax

Centre's non-tax revenue growth pegged at 11.2% to Rs 2.72 trillion in FY20

Centre expects Rs 28K crore interim dividend from RBI; disinvestment target raised to Rs 90K crore for FY20

Experts cast doubt on new pension scheme for unorganised sector workers

The govt expects at least 100 million labourers and workers to sign up for the new scheme within the next five years

Interim Budget 2019: Income support scheme leaves farmers unhappy

Rs 6,000 a year being called a 'pittance'; land records another issue

Budget at a glance: Key numbers from Interim Budget 2019

Here is a snapshot of the key numbers released by Finance Minister Piyush Goyal in Interim Budget 2019

Interim Budget: Govt's subsidy burden may rise by about 12% to Rs 3.34 trn

Petroleum subsidy may soar to 50%; shortfall likely to be Rs 17,000 crore this year

Tax benefits for above Rs 5 lakh income group may be considered next: Goyal

As the nation is moving towards formalisation, the tax base and revenues are also increasing, says Piyush Goyal

Interim Budget: Stamp duty on shares to be based on investor's home state

Collection process streamlined but brokers unhappy with revised norms

Budget leaves Rs 1 trn in consumers' hands but tax targets look ambitious

Major boost to consumption but scepticism around growth stays

Nitish says interim Budget 'positive', Lalu terms it 'basket of lies'

Kumar welcomed provisions like an annual assistance of Rs 6,000 to farmers and Rs 3,000 monthly pension to those employed in the unorganised sector

Budget from visitors' gallery: 'Modi' chant & the handshake that mattered

MPs chanted 'Modi-Modi' for nearly 90 seconds when Goyal announced a tax rebate for people earning less than Rs 5,00,000 annually

Delhi Metro given grant of over Rs 400 crore in interim Budget 2019

According to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation sources, the grant has been given for work on Nodia and Ghaziabad sections of the network.