New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Arun Jaitley, the former finance minister of India, hailed the Union Budget 2019-20, which his successor Nirmala Sitharaman presented in the Lok Sabha on Friday.
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Around 35 crore LED bulbs have been distributed under Ujala Yojana leading to cost saving of Rs 18,341 crore annually, Finance Minister Sitharaman said in the Lok Sabha on Friday.
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) processes were being further simplified while adding that businesses with less than Rs 5 crore annual turnover will need to file quarterly GST return.
New Delhi [India], July 05 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday proposed the development of an e-verification mechanism to ascertain the identity of an investor and the source of his/her funds.
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for presenting a "citizen-friendly, development-friendly and future-oriented Budget."
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 05 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said the Union Budget 2019-20 is a manifestation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's dream to make India a USD 5 trillion economy.
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): The government will strengthen regulatory authority of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) over non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday.
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that the Women Self-help Groups (SHGs) interest subvention programme will be expanded to all districts.
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Top leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for the "futuristic" Union Budget.
New Delhi [India], July 05 (ANI): From poetry to divinity, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made sure that her maiden Budget speech on Friday was interspersed with couplets and quotes.
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced that the import of defence equipment that are not being manufactured in India are being exempted from basic customs duty.