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Economy is weak, ensure bold structural reforms to boost growth: Chidambar
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 11 (ANI): Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday said that the economy was "weak" and the Union Budget was expected to be "bold" for taking up structural reforms and improving investment but any such step was missing in the Budget as Finance Minister Nir
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Budget presents a "big picture", committed to path of fiscal consolidation
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 10 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday that the Budget 2019 gives a "big picture" of the newly elected government which has received a strong mandate from the people of India and asserted that it was committed to the path of fiscal conso
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Opposition protests fuel price hike, stages walkout from Lok Sabha
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Opposition parties on Wednesday staged a walkout in the Lok Sabha, protesting against the government's proposal to impose cess by Re 1 per litre each on petrol and diesel, and 'unsatisfactory' reply from Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on the Budget disc
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Budget gives big picture of govt that received strong mandate: Sitharaman
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 10 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday that the Budget 2019 gives a "big picture" of the newly elected government which has received a strong mandate from the people of India.
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Government committed to fiscal consolidation, boost investment in social s
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said that the government was committed to the path of fiscal consolidation without compromising on requirements of public expenditure and there was an increase in tax receipts of the government.
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FM Nirmala Sitharaman to reply to Budget debate in Parliament
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will on Wednesday reply to the debate on the Union Budget which she presented in Parliament on July 5.
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FM highlights importance of coordination between RBI and government
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday underscored the importance of coordination between the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the government.
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RBI welcomes move to bring NBFCs under its regulation: Das
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Monday it will do its best after being given the additional responsibility of supervising and regulating non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) in a bid to boost investment and lending in the econo
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TRS leaders take to Twitter to express dismay over Union Budget 2019
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 6 (ANI): A day after Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Budget for 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leaders took to Twitter to express their disappointment over the Budget alleging that it doesn't have anything
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Budget rightly gives top priority to infrastructure, says Jaitley
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has rightly given top priority to infrastructure in the Union Budget for 2019-20 which will generate employment, attract investment and enable India to be the fastest growing major economy in the world, her predecesso
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Union Budget 'blow to state's economy': Karnataka Chief Minister
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Friday came down heavily on the Union Budget terming it a blow to the state's economy.
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Customs exemption to help defence forces save Rs 25,000 crore over 5 yrs:
Updated : 6 years, 11 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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