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Interim Budget 2019: Growth much below potential hit by revenue, capex

Modi government betters UPA's policy paralysis years' growth performance

Interim Budget 2019: Infra, realty to get attention, says Epic Research

The range for the market is likely to be in a range of 11,200 to 10,700 on the downside. So given the days left to budget, we expect the market to test 11,100 - 11,200.

Interim Budget 2019: Unconditional cash transfer to farmers better than UBI

The study said that there have been reports saying that government is planning to provide direct cash support to the farmers in lieu of various farm level subsidies/support

Interim Budget 2019 to focus on doubling farmers' income: Agri Minister

Radha Mohan Singh says govt is planning to connect 200 mandis with eNAM this year and 225 next year, to enable farmers to sell their produce hassle-free online

Interim Budget 2019: Govt to raise food subsidy by 6.5%, suggests report

The government is set to earmark about 1.8 lakh crore rupees for food subsidies next fiscal year

Interim Budget 2019: In the run-up, sovereign bond yield up 18 bps to 7.6%

Meanwhile, the Reserve Bank of India's liquidity supportive stance also continues and the last tranche of OMOs for January is lined up for Thursday

Interim Budget 2019 to be growth-oriented futuristic: Dharmendra Pradhan

We have fulfilled whatever we promised, he said

Interim Budget 2019: Days before, Goyal gets additional charge of FinMin

Jaitley will be minister without portfolio, the government announced days before it presents the interim budget on February 1

Interim Budget 2019: Agri focus increases, but a lot more needs to be done

A big reason for the sharp increase was the shifting of expenditure on interest subvention on short-term credit from the ministry of finance to the allocation for agriculture and allied activities

Interim Budget 2019: Piyush Goyal back as FM, to present Budget on Feb 1

Arun Jaitley undergoes surgery in the US, advised two weeks' rest

Interim Budget 2019: Analysts rule out pre-budget rally, expect rural sops

They expect the government to dole out some populist policies, especially for the rural / farm sector while presenting the interim budget

Interim Budget 2019: How it can help India clean air, cut coal addiction

Addressing policy issues are important if India is to fulfill its commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement 2015 to install 175 giga watt (GW)

Interim Budget 2019: Many infra beginnings for BJP, finish line still far

In his maiden budget, then Finance Minister Arun Jaitley committed 8,500 km of highways during 2014-15 with a cumulative investment of Rs 37,880 crore in both national highways and state roads

Interim Budget 2019: How it can help improve quality of India's schooling

The school education system in India is facing a shortage of trained teachers and a lack of proper infrastructure

The 70-year journey of income tax in India: From a peak of 97.75% to 30%

In 1947, no income tax was payable on income up to Rs 2,500; seventy years later, in 2017, this figure rose 10x and became Rs 2.5 lakh

Interim Budget 2019: 3 PSU insurers may get Rs 4,000-cr to shore-up capital

Depending on the capital that Budget provides, individual allocation would be made

Interim Budget 2019: Personal taxes buoyant for NDA, indirect taxes a worry

Under the broad rubric of gross tax revenue, direct tax collections have been pegged to rise from Rs 6.94 trillion (5.6 per cent of GDP) in FY15 to Rs 11.5 trillion (6.1 per cent of GDP) in FY19

Interim Budget 2019: Goyal may enter grey zone if he breaks convention

There are no constitutional or legal barriers preventing the finance minister from proposing changes in tax laws, say experts

Interim Budget 2019: Income support scheme may cost Rs 1.5 trn, says Ind-Ra

In view of the upcoming general elections, the agency said the focus of both the Centre and the state budgets will be on measures to address the farmers' woes

Interim Budget 2019: Electronics makers seek Rs 1,000-crore seed fund

Also seek separate budget for R&D to fund projects of national interest in electronics and semiconductor domain, call for collaborative R&D among PSUs, SMEs and start-ups