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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.

Interim Budget 2019: Here is the full text of the Finance Bill

This is how the finance bill for the year 2019 was laid in the Parliament by the finance minister Piyush Goyal

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

Budget provides positive approach towards agricultural sector: Experts

The government decision to allocate Rs 75,000 crore to 12 crore farmers for a minimum assured income of Rs 6,000 per year in the interim budget will boost the rural consumption and positive for agriculture and allied sectors, according to industry experts. The measures initiated by the government to revive the agricultural economy such as income support scheme (Kisan Samman Nidhi), higher agricultural credit and interest subvention for a longer period in case of natural disasters, will help fertilisers companies in the medium-term through higher demand, Icra senior vice president K Ravichandran said. Payment for indigenous urea has been hiked, while for imports it has been maintained, which will be a positive for new urea projects, he said. However, phosphatic and potassic (P&K) fertiliser manufacturers will face pressure on margins, as the rise in raw material prices and rupee depreciation will necessitate higher pass through to the farmers, he added. Comprehensive .

'Damp squib' to 'pakodanomics', how Opposition mocked Interim Budget 2019

Soon after Finance Minister Piyush Goyal's Interim Budget 2019 speech, political leaders from Opposition parties came down heavily with wide-ranging criticism. Here's a list of who said what

Interim Budget 2019: Goodies from the poll vault

Modi has delivered a masterstroke - it would be almost impossible for the Opposition to question any of the measures that BJP dished out in interim Budget 2019

Interim Budget 2019: Much-awaited push for realty, home sales may spike

In an effort to push the PM's housing-for-all, govt announces a whole set of tax reforms for the sector

Interim Budget 2019: Higher allocations for ROSL to boost textile sector

The textile and apparel industry is also set to gain from an overall farmer- and consumer-centric budget

Interim Budget mostly jumlebazi, doesn't address ground realities: Mayawati

She claimed that economic disparities had grown during the last five years with only a handful of capitalists benefiting, instead of farmers and the poor

Sizing up the Budget: T N Ninan and A K Bhattacharya explain Interim Budget 2019

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Govt pegs FY 20 GST collections at Rs 7.61 trillion, misses FY19 target

Presenting the Interim Budget for 2019-20, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal said in spite of major rate reductions and relaxations, revenue trends are encouraging