Page 10 - Interim Budget 2019

Govt to start national programme on AI; envisages 1 lakh digital villages

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.

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

Chidambaram terms budget 'an account for votes', not a vote on account

The senior Congress leader claimed that the government had missed the fiscal deficit target

Budget 2019: Average monthly GST collection in FY19 at Rs 97,100 crore

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) was rolled out on July 1, 2017 and has consolidated over a dozen central and state levies

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

Vows to create separate department of fisheries

Tax calculator: Check your tax liability after Interim Budget announcements

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

Remaining 8 PSU banks to be out of PCA framework soon: FM in Budget speech

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

Interim Budget 2019: A fairly balanced budget where no one can be unhappy

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?

Interim Budget 2019: Full speech of Finance Minister Piyush Goyal

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal announced several measures in his Interim Budget 2019 speech, from tax deduction to macroeconomic figures.

Budget 2019: FM Goyal underlines 10 dimensions of govt's 'Vision 2030'

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'

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

Interim Budget 2019: 2% interest subvention for MSMEs with Rs 1 crore loan

Further, government projects have to mandatorily source 25 per cent from SME sector

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

Budget 2019: 15.56 lakh Mudra loans worth Rs 7.23 trn sanctioned, says FM

Presenting the Budget for 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha, Goyal said more than 70 per cent of Mudra yojna beneficiaries were women

Budget 2019: Transactions worth Rs 17,500 cr under GeM in 2 years, says FM

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

Budget 2019: 2% interest subvention for farmers hit by natural calamities

Further, the finance minister said the government will provide Rs 750 crore to support animal husbandry and fishing

Interim Budget 2019: In a first, defence allocation crosses Rs 3 trillion

Further, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal said that Rs 35,000 crore has already been disbursed for soldiers under One Rank One Pension

Interim Budget 2019: Rural road construction trebled under PMGSY, says FM

Goyal said 143 crore LED bulbs were made available for lower and middle class families. The use of LED bulbs saved power bill of about Rs 50,000 crore

Interim Budget 2019: Total capital outlay for Railways hiked to Rs 1.59 trn

The Gross Budgetary Support for railways increased to Rs. 64,587 crore for FY20

Budget 2019: Govt broke the back of high inflation, says Piyush Goyal

Presenting the Interim Budget 2019-20, Goyal said during the previous UPA government (2009-14), inflation averaged as high as 10.1%