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Budget 2019: 'Har Ghar Jal' to all rural households under 'Jal Jeevan Mission' by 2024, says FM

New Delhi, July 05 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the budget for 2019-2020 in the national capital today. While addressing at the Lok Sabha, Nirmala Sitharaman said, "Ensuring India's water security and providing access to safe drinking water to all Indians is a priority. A major step in this direction has been the constitution of 'Jal Shakti Ministry'." "This new Ministry will look at the management of our water resources and water supply in an integrated and holistic manner and will work with states to ensure 'Har Ghar Jal', to all rural households by 2024 under 'Jal Jeevan Mission'," she added.

Union Budget 2019: It will fulfill expectations of 21st century India, says PM Modi

New Delhi, Jul 05 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for presenting a "citizen friendly" Union Budget, and said the budget is of "hope" which would fulfill the expectations of the 21st century India. PM Modi also said the country has moved on from the environment of pessimism in the last five years, and the budget would play an important role in the roadmap of 'New India'.

Union Budget 2019: Nirmala Sitharaman announces 2% interest subvention for GST-registered MSMEs

New Delhi, July 05 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the budget for 2019-2020 in the national capital today. While addressing at the Lok Sabha, Nirmala Sitharaman said, "Rs 350 crore allocated for 2% interest subvention for all GST-registered Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) on fresh or incremental loans. Pension for shopkeepers and retailers with turnover of less than Rs 1.5 crore will be launched under Pradhan Mantri Karma Yogi Maan Dhan Scheme."

Budget 2019: Business Standard editors dissect FM Sitharaman's maiden Budget

T N Ninan and A K Bhattacharya analyse the provisions of the first Budget of Modi 2.0

After completion of our tenure, we will be more than $5 trillion economy: Nitin Gadkari

New Delhi, July 05 (ANI): While speaking to ANI on Friday, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Union Budget 2019 said, "Already we have doubled the economy in the last 5 years. I am confident that when we complete 5 yrs again, we will be more than $5 trillion economy."

Union Budget 2019: Schemes like 'Sagarmala' and 'UDAN' are bridging rural, urban divide, says Sitharaman

New Delhi, July 05 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the budget for 2019-2020 in the national capital today. While addressing at the Lok Sabha, Nirmala Sitharaman said, "We don't look down upon legitimate profit earning. Gone are the days of policy paralysis and license quota control regime. India Inc are India's job creators, nation's wealth creators. Together with mutual trust we can gain, catalyse past and attain sustained growth." "Schemes such as 'Bharatmala', 'Sagarmala' and 'Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik' (UDAN) are bridging the rural and urban divide, improving our transport infrastructure.

Union Budget 2019: India took over 55 years to reach $1 trillion dollar economy, says FM Sitharaman

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the budget for 2019-2020 in the national capital today. While addressing at the Lok Sabha, Nirmala Sitharaman said, "The Indian economy will grow to become a $3 trillion economy in the current year itself. It is now the sixth largest in the world. Five years ago it was at the 11th position." "It took us over 55 years to reach $1 trillion dollar economy. But, when the hearts are filled with hope, trust and aspiration, we in just five years, added $1 trillion," she added.

CM Fadnavis lauds Rs 100 lakh crore infrastructure push in Union Budget

Mumbai, Jul 05 (ANI): While complementing Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for presenting a "visionary" union budget in the Parliament, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis lauded the Rs 100 lakh crore-push in country's infrastructure sector in the next five years, and said that the budget charted a roadmap to realise the goal of India becoming a five-trillion dollars economy by 2024. Fadnavis added that the budget presented by Sitharaman is more "inclusive" as it aims to transform "gaon, gareeb and kisaan".

Nothing new, budget is old wine in a new bottle, says Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

New Delhi, July 05 (ANI): While speaking to mediapersons on Friday, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury criticised the Union Budget 2019 and said that they are talking about new India but the budget is old wine in a new bottle. He said, "Nothing new, repetition of old promises. They are talking about new India but the budget is old wine in a new bottle. Nothing new, no plan for employment generation and no new initiatives in the Budget."

Budget 2019: Railway infrastructure would need investment of Rs 50 lakh crores between 2018-2030, says FM

New Delhi, July 05 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the budget for 2019-2020 in the national capital today. While addressing at the Lok Sabha, Nirmala Sitharaman said, "The comprehensive restructuring of National Highways Programme will be done, to ensure the creation of National Highways Grid of desirable capacity. Government envisions using rivers for cargo transport and it will also decongest roads and railways," she added. "Railway infrastructure would need an investment of Rs 50 lakh crores between 2018 and 2030. PPP to be used to unleash faster development and the delivery of passenger freight services," she further stated.

Budget fulfills expectations of people of country, says CM Adityanath

Lucknow (UP), July 05 (ANI): While speaking to ANI on Friday in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath congratulated Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on her Union Budget 2019. He said, "It is for the first time since independence that a full-time woman finance minister has presented the Union Budget. I want to congratulate her. The budget fulfills the expectations of the people of the country."

1 terrorist killed in encounter in JandK's Shopian, arms and ammunition recovered

Shopian (JandK), July 05 (ANI): An encounter broke out between terrorists and security forces in JandK's Shopian on Friday. One terrorist was killed and the body was retrieved from the site of the encounter. The identity and affiliation of the killed terrorist is being ascertained. Incriminating material including arms and ammunition were recovered from the site of the encounter. Further details are awaited.

Union Budget 2019: With determined human effort, tasks will surely be completed, says FM

New Delhi, July 05 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the budget for 2019-2020 in the national capital today. While addressing at the Lok Sabha, Nirmala Sitharaman said, "Chanakya Neeti sutra says 'Kaarya purusha kare na lakshyam sampa dayate'. Meaning with determined human effort, the tasks will surely be completed."

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Budget 2019: Petrol, diesel, gold costlier; 10 key announcements for middle class in just 50 seconds

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday presented Budget for 2019-2020. Announcing a slew of measures in her maiden Budget speech, Sitharaman said the government will launch an inter-opearable ATM-like One Nation One Card for pan-India travel, new rental laws for affordable housing, interest subvention scheme for MSMEs and women. Here are the key takeaways from finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman's maiden Budget speech

Union Budget 2019: FM Sitharaman, Anurag Thakur arrive at Parliament

New Delhi, July 05 (ANI): Ahead of Union Budget 2019, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and MoS Finance Anurag Thakur arrived at the Parliament. Meanwhile, copies of Budget have been brought to the Parliament. It will also be the maiden budget for Sitharaman, who becomes the second woman finance minister after Indira Gandhi to do in the history of independent India. This will be the first budget of the second term of the PM Narendra Modi-led government. The Railway Budget will also be presented today along with Union Budget.

Take a look at how Union Budget presented over the years in India

New Delhi, July 05 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman decided to go with 'swadeshi bahi-khata' on the day of Union Budget presentation. She kept budget documents in four fold red cloth instead of a briefcase that reminds of traditional 'bahi-khata' (ledger). Last time, Piyush Goyal presented the Union Budget and posed with the 'briefcase' in February 2019 due to illness of then FM Arun Jaitley. Former FM Arun Jaitley used a brown-colored briefcase for the budget day as well in his tenure (2014-2018). P Chidambaram, Pranab Mukherjee also used the briefcase to keep the documents. Former FMs Yashwant Sinha, Manmohan Singh also followed the tradition. The tradition of posing with 'briefcase' before budget started by India's first-ever Finance Minister RK Shanmukham Chetty on November 26, 1947.

CM Raghubar Das participates in Jagannath Rath Yatra in Ranchi

Ranchi (Jharkhand), July 05 (ANI): Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Raghubar Das participated in Jagannath Rath Yatra in Jharkhand's Ranchi on Thursday. He pulled the 'Rath' along with other devotees. Das offered his prayers to Lord Jagannath. CM Raghubar Das also took to Twitter to greet everyone on the occasion of 'Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra'.

Tiware Dam breach: Death toll rises to 19 in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri, search operation still on

Ratnagiri (Maharashtra), July 05 (ANI): Search operation in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri, where Tiware Dam was breached entered day three. Till now, bodies of 19 people were recovered by civil administration. People are still missing and the search operation continues. While speaking to ANI, NDRF Inspector Mahesh Kumar said, "One more body was recovered this morning, total 19 bodies have been recovered so far. We are doing continuous search operation."

Voting underway for two Rajya Sabha seats in Gujarat's Gandhinagar

Gandhinagar (Gujarat), July 05 (ANI): Voting for by-elections for two Rajya Sabha seats is underway in Gujarat's Gandhinagar. State ministers Saurabh Patel, Pradeepsinh Jadeja and BJP MLA Arunsinh Rana were among the first few to cast their votes. In last concluded general elections, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the maximum number of seats.