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Interim Budget will help growth by helping farmers, middle class: India Inc

CII Director General Chandrajit Banerjee said the Budget for 2019-20 touched the right notes for stimulating demand and growth in the economy

Interim Budget 2019: You can invest capital gains in two houses to save tax

FM Piyush Goyal proposed changes to Sec 54 of Income Tax Act with a caveat capping capital gains to Rs 2 crore; until now, a taxpayer was given relief only on one house

Interim Budget 2019: Auto stocks rise with FM Piyush Goyal's rural push

Hero MotoCorp leads rally, other big gainers include Maruti Suzuki and Ashok Leyland; EV makers seek time-bound plan achieve govt's 2030 mission

Budget 2019: Over Rs 240 cr allocated for training of bureaucrats, says FM

On the other hand, a sum of Rs 30.26 crore was allocated for transparency watchdog Central Information Commission

FM Goyal lays Interim Budget in Rajya Sabha; House adjourned till Monday

Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu adjourned the Rajya Sabha till Monday

Govt successfully auctioned natural resources, including coal: Piyush Goya

The coal mines auction was conducted for the first time by the present NDA government in the year 2015

Budget 2019: India poised to become a $5-trn economy in five years, says FM

'India is the fastest-growing major economy in the world', said FM Piyush Goyal in his Interim Budget 2019 speech

We're moving towards realising New India by 2022: FM Goyal in budget speech

Goyal stepped in as interim finance minister after Arun Jaitley had to fly to New York for medical treatment

Rs 3 trillion recovered from corporate loan defaulters: FM in budget speech

'I hope other banks too would soon come out of PCA framework', said FM Piyush Goyal in his 2019 Interim Budget speech

Cash income for farmers, pension for workers in Goyal's Interim Budget

The main focus of Interim Budget 2019, the last for Narendra Modi-led NDA government before Lok Sabha elections 2019, is expected to be on the rural sector and the urban middle-class

Interim Budget: FM Goyal declares pension of Rs 3,000 for informal workers

The scheme will cover all those unorganised sector workers like autorikshaw driver, whose income is up to Rs 15,000 per month

Budget 2019: Single-window clearance for filmmakers to curb piracy, says FM

'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

Interim Budget 2019: India is world's fastest highway developer, says FM

'Next generation infrastructure for rail, sea, urban transport, inland waterways will be developed', said FM Piyush Goyal in Interim Budget 2019 speech

Interim Budget 2019: Road construction per day 60% less than targeted

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

Ahead of LS polls, Modi govt reaches out to large electorate in Budget 2019

In a major relief for the middle class, the Modi govt has proposed to double the threshold tax exemption limit to Rs 5 lakh

Interim Budget 10 takeaways: Cash for farmers, tax break for middle class

Relief measures and schemes were announced for farmers, unorganised sector employees, small businesses, and the salaried middle class in Interim Budget 2019

Budget 2019: Propose to hike TDS on rent income to Rs 2.4 lakh, says FM

FM Piyush Goyal said India was on the way to becoming global manufacturing hub including automobiles, electronics and defence

Interim Budget 2019: Rs 6,000-per-year income support to cover 86% farmers

Vows to create separate department of fisheries

Interim Budget 2019: Railways capex at all time high of Rs 1.59 trillion

'All unmanned Level Crossings on broad gauge network have been eliminated', FM Piyush Goyal said in his Interim Budget 2019 speech

Budget 2019: India to lead the world in transportation through EVs, says FM

Electric vehicle sales in India are expected to be 30 per cent of total sales by 2030