'The entertainment industry is a major employment generator and the move would help the filmmakers from all languages', said FM Piyush Goyal in Interim Budget 2019 speech
'Next generation infrastructure for rail, sea, urban transport, inland waterways will be developed', said FM Piyush Goyal in Interim Budget 2019 speech
India is constructing 27 km of roads every day since 2017-18, which is way lower than the target of 45 km/day for the current fiscal
In a major relief for the middle class, the Modi govt has proposed to double the threshold tax exemption limit to Rs 5 lakh
Relief measures and schemes were announced for farmers, unorganised sector employees, small businesses, and the salaried middle class in Interim Budget 2019
Presenting Interim Budget for 2019-20 in Lok Sabha, Goyal highlighted that India has become the second largest hub for startups and offers possibly the lowest rates for data and voice calls globally.
FM Piyush Goyal said India was on the way to becoming global manufacturing hub including automobiles, electronics and defence
The senior Congress leader claimed that the government had missed the fiscal deficit target
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) was rolled out on July 1, 2017 and has consolidated over a dozen central and state levies
Vows to create separate department of fisheries
Finance Minister Piyush Goyal has announced several benefits for individual taxpayers. Check how much you will have to pay as income-tax after changes announced in Interim Budget 2019
Various steps taken by govt has helped the banks significantly and as a result 3 banks -- Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra and Oriental Bank of Commerce-- are out of PCA framework, says Piyush Goyal
From an economic standpoint, the broader question is as to how would the budget numbers add up in terms of ensuring that the deficit is contained at 3.4% in FY20?
Finance Minister Piyush Goyal announced several measures in his Interim Budget 2019 speech, from tax deduction to macroeconomic figures.
He said that the priority of the government will be to build next-generation infrastructure, both physical as well as social, for a 10 trillion dollar economy and to provide 'ease of living'
'All unmanned Level Crossings on broad gauge network have been eliminated', FM Piyush Goyal said in his Interim Budget 2019 speech
Further, government projects have to mandatorily source 25 per cent from SME sector
Electric vehicle sales in India are expected to be 30 per cent of total sales by 2030
Presenting the Budget for 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha, Goyal said more than 70 per cent of Mudra yojna beneficiaries were women
The commerce and industry ministry launched the GeM in August 2016 with the objective of creating an open and transparent procurement platform for government departments and agencies