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Budget 2019: Our government broke the back of back-breaking inflation, say
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said that his government has been able to “break the back of back-breaking inflation” in the past around five years, which has now come down to average at 4.6 per cent.
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Budget 2019: Disinvestment target pegged at Rs 90,000 crore for 2019-20
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The Central government has pegged the disinvestment target at Rs 90,000 crore in the Budget Estimate (BE) for 2019-20 fiscal as compared to Rs 80,000 crore for the current financial year ending March this year.
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Budget 2019: Expenditure up 13 per cent at Rs 27.84 lakh crore
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The Interim Budget for 2019-20 puts total expenditure at Rs 27,84,200 crore, marking an increase of 13.3 per cent as compared to Rs 24,57,235 crore in 2018-19.
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Budget 2019: Fiscal deficit brought down to 3.4 pc, says Finance Minister
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
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.
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Rainfall deficit may cause surge in Arhar prices: Study by Weather Risk Ma
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
The recent CROPWATCH report by Weather Risk Management Services Pvt. Ltd. highlights the impact of rainfall amongst other factors on likely increase in the prices for Red Gram.
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Sops to farmers, SMEs may inflate fiscal deficit: Moody's
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi, Jan 25 (ANI): Recent policy measures announced by Indian government raise the risk of fiscal slippage in absence of new revenue boosting measures, global financial services major Moody's warned on Friday.
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How safe are ADHD drugs for children?
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 4 (ANI): A new study now suggests that drugs for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are unlikely to cause cardiac damage in children who take them.
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Maldives seeks India's assistance to pay off Chinese debt
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Faced with an acute budgetary deficit due to mounting foreign debts, the new government in the Maldives, led by President Abdulla Solih, is looking to India for financial support to help the island nation achieve its development goals. It has announce
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India's export declines by 2.15%, trade deficit hits 5-month low
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 16 (ANI): India's export figures for the month of September witnessed negative growth of 2.15 per cent compared to the corresponding month last year, clocking figures of USD 27.95 billion.
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Govt increases customs duty on 19 items to curb imports; air travel, house
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 26 (ANI): The Central Government on Wednesday announced new tariff measures by increasing the basic customs duty of 19 items to curb import of certain products. The government said that these changes are aimed at narrowing the Current Account Deficit (CAD). The total
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Centre to announce restrictions on non-essential import items shortly
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 19 (ANI): Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg on Wednesday informed that government will announce restrictions on non-essential import items very soon.
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Confident of strictly maintaining fiscal deficit at 3.3%: Jaitley
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 15 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday reiterated that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Central Government is confident of strictly maintaining the fiscal deficit target at 3.3 per cent.
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