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Budget 2019 is development oriented, says Ram Vilas Paswan
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 5 (ANI): Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday dubbed the Budget 2019 as "development-oriented" and said it has given special attention to enrich the lives of people and make them more capable and prosperous.
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Health allocation up by 18.67 per cent over last budget
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): for his Ministry shows an appreciable increase of more than18.67 per cent over the last year's budget and reflects the importance accorded to the health sector by the government.
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Customs exemption to help defence forces save Rs 25,000 crore over 5 yrs:
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Jul 5 (ANI) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman enhanced the defence budget marginally but exempted defence imports from custom duties which will help the services save around Rs 25,000 crore over five years.
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'British went, their traditions must go,' says Thakur as Sitharaman ditche
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 5 (ANI): Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur said his senior Nirmala Sitharaman's decision to carry Budget documents in a 4-fold red cloth was a sign of departure of the western tradition from India and a step towards becoming a superpower.
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Home Ministry allocation up by Rs 5,858 crore
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): The allocation of Home Ministry has gone up by Rs 5858 crore in the union budget presented on Friday over the revised estimates of 2018-19.
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BJP lauds Budget, Congress calls it 'old wine in new bottle'
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 5 (ANI): Top BJP leaders including several ministers hailed the government for presenting a "futuristic" budget after coming back to power, while opposition Congress termed it as a "repackaging of the old promises" and accused the ruling party of failing to listen to
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Union Budget offers nothing to any section of society, says Punjab CM
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 5 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday said that the Union Budget 2019 had nothing to offer to any section of the society, ignoring even critical sectors like Defence.
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This budget represents 'Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas': Union Minister Prahlad P
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Union Culture and Tourism Minister Prahlad Patel termed the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as "tremendous considering 'Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas'" on Friday.
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Union Budget 2019-20 'historic, development oriented': Haryana Finance Min
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], July 5 (ANI): Haryana Finance Minister Captain Abhimanyu on Friday termed the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as 'historic and development oriented.'
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Union Budget a huge disappointment, says Siddaramaiah
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 5 (ANI): People of this country had a lot of expectations from Union Budget 2019-20 which turned into disappointment, said Karnataka Congress leader Siddaramaiah in a press conference held in Bengaluru on Friday.
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Petrol, diesel levies hiked to get funds without touching individual taxes
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman on Friday dismissed suggestions that levies on petrol and diesel will fuel inflation, saying it was aimed at meeting public funding needs without hurting individual taxpayers and was also a step to move away from fossil fuel
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FM quotes from sangam era Tamil classic
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday quoted a verse from the sangam-era Tamil classic "purananooru" to say that the Modi government will collect only that much tax required from people and not trample upon tax payers.
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