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Budget disappointing, 'PM-KISAN' won't help distressed farmers: Odisha CM

Reacting to Interim Budget 2019, CM Naveen Patnaik also expressed his disappointment with the National Social Security Scheme

Prime Minister Kisan Samman is an apaman for farmers: Yogendra Yadav

Rs 6,000 per family per year amounts to an income support of Rs 500 per family a month. This is less than old age pension prevailing in at least more than half the states

Budget 2019: Incentive for farmers, more money for SC & STs, and more

Rs 58,166 cr is the allocation for the Northeastern states, up 21 per cent over 2019-20. Rs 19,000 cr is the allocation for the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

Interim Budget 2019: Balancing of long- and short-term priorities

One must applaud the finance minister for containing and maintaining the fiscal deficit at 3.4% of the GDP for FY20

Budget 2019 has adequate funding for ongoing projects: Vinayak Chatterjee

Concern for the infrastructure sector has been fiscal headroom available to continue financing projects under implementation

Interim Budget gives more than expectations, says FICCI's Sandip Somany

It is heartening to note that greater allocation has been made for a number of socially and economically relevant areas

Raising I-T exemption limit will benefit the 'middle class': Jaitley

Jaitley noted that interim budgets are presented in an election year to seek a vote on account for a limited period till the post-election government can decide the further direction of the economy

Budget 2019: People will feel confident to spend more, says Godrej

The announcements, for instance, on personal taxation, especially for the middle and lower middle-class, are good

Interim Budget: Tyre makers see demand push, easing of raw material issues

Industry body lauds move to improve connectivity and infra in north east, a major rubber growing region; hopes issue of inverted duty will be addressed

Budget 2019: Opposition shouldn't shed crocodile tears, says Arun Jaitley

PM Modi termed the Budget pro-poor, farmers and middle class, Congress said it was a bribe for votes. Catch Budget 2019 LIVE updates

Interim Budget 2019: Now, Indian filmmakers can dish out movies faster

Single window clearance for ease of shooting films, available only to foreigners, is now going to be made available to Indian filmmakers as well

FMCG, retail and auto see good business from Modi govt's last Budget

CEOs of FMCG, retail and auto companies say demand will improve as discretionary income will go up

Interim Budget 2019: Govt misses fiscal deficit goal second year in a row

For 2018-19, fiscal slippage was widely expected despite govt assurance to meet target without cutting on capex; Centre faced shortfall in GST mop up, higher burden from subsidy and flagship schemes

Budget 2019 aims at boosting social infra for marginalised sections

Although the expenditure on centrally sponsored schemes is marginally higher than last year by 7.5 per cent, the interim Budget introduced several new programmes and enhanced allocations for many

Interim Budget has enough to galvanise Sangh Parivar workers for elections

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal's interim budget speech largely ignored the elephant in the room: the government's poor record in creating jobs.

Interim Budget mum on angel tax, Nasscom pins hope on consultative process

As part of its budget recommendations, Nasscom had urged the government to scrap the angel tax imposed on startups and instead focus on ways to incentivise them

Interim Budget balances both 'hosh and josh' in election year: India Inc

Several industry leaders said that issues relating to farmers, unorganised sector workers and middle class were addressed without 'risking bankruptcy of the economy'

Developers happy with budget proposals, say real estate sector to revive

The benefits such as relieving second houses from income tax on notional rent and exempting second homes investment from capital gains would revive the sluggish demand for housing

Telecom dept's budget allocation reduced as sector faces financial crunch

Telecom or communication services contribute revenue to the government in the form of license fees and spectrum charges.

Decline in Budget outlays for IITs, IIMs, regulatory bodies like AICTE, UGC

This comes at a time the Human Resource Development Ministry has said it will implement 10% reservation for economically weaker sections of the general category from the 2019 academic session