New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Indian Railways experienced the "safest year" in its history as all unmanned level crossings on the broad gauge network have been eliminated, said Union Finance Minister Piyush Goyal while presenting the Interim Budget 2019-20 in Parliament on Friday.<
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The Goods and Services Tax (GST) has turned out to be a game changer for the country’s economy with average tax collection in the current financial year being pegged at Rs 97,100 crore per month as compared to Rs 89,700 crore per month in the first ye
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): In the Interim Budget 2019-20, Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday announced that a Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog will be set up for the welfare of cows in the country.
The Centre has provided an amount of Rs.1330 crore in the Interim Budget for protection and empowerment of women, entailing a hike of Rs. 174 crore over the revised estimates of 2018-19.
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Piyush Goyal, while presenting the Interim Budget 2019-20 in Parliament on Friday, said that the Government will make one lakh villages into Digital Villages over next five years. This, he said, will be achieved by expanding the Common Service
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The government has seen a massive scale-up in the healthcare sector in the last five years and 10 lakh people have been enrolled in the Ayushman Bharat scheme so far, Union Finance Minister Piyush Goyal said while tabling the Interim Budget in the Parliament o
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Individual taxpayers with annual income up to Rs 5 lakh will get full tax rebate, said Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday, while presenting the interim Budget for 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha.
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Railway passengers are hoping more measures on railway safety, more coaches and cleanliness in trains will be announced in the Interim Budget on Friday.
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Direct tax collections have moved up from Rs 6.38 lakh crore in 2013-14 to almost Rs 12 lakh crore while the tax base swelled from 3.79 crore to 6.85 crore, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday.
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Rs 1 crore loan can be obtained under 59 minutes, said Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday while presenting the interim Budget for 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha.
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The government on Friday announced a new scheme in the agriculture sector which will entail payment of Rs 6,000 annually to each of the 12 crore marginal farmers in the country.
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Piyush Goyal, while presenting the interim Budget 2019 in the Lok Sabha on Friday, said that fiscal deficit has been brought down to 3.4 per cent in the revised estimates for 2018-19.