Nadda also pointed out the tax exemption from income of up to Rs 12 lakhs, which remained the major highlight for the budget, and thanked Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the same.
"When the Congress was in office, in 2014, if you earned Rs 2.5 lakh (per annum), you had to pay income tax. Now, the figure has gone up to Rs 12 lakh, which is a five times increase. Secondly, if you're earning up to Rs eight lakh, you save Rs 30,000. If you're earning up to Rs 12 lakh,
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri called this year's Union Budget excellent and highlighted the income tax exemption up to Rs 12 lakhs which he said will increase the middle class spending, giving a fillip to the economy.
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday criticised Congress leader Sonia Gandhi for her remarks pertaining to President Droupadi Murmu's address to the joint sitting of two Houses of Parliament and said such remarks reflect poorly on the opposition party's leadership.
AAP Convenor Arvind Kejriwal in a letter to the Election Commission raised serious allegations against Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday.
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday slammed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal, saying that the allegations made by him are reflective of his "desperation" and "frustration".
Ahead of the February 5 Delhi Assembly elections, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri targeted Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, saying that people's anger against him is increasing and his credibility is also being decreased.
India Energy Week 2025 will be the second-largest energy event globally, event in terms of participation, exhibition space, and sessions, said Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas in Mumbai on Friday, addressing the curtain raiser.
"I think he (Arvind Kejriwal) does not understand the basics of Ramayana. Second thing is that they become close to anyone, but now they are abusing Sikhs. If you want to abuse me, do that but why are you abusing the Sikh community," Puri told ANI during an interview.
Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday slammed Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal's remarks on Bharatiya Janata Party's second manifesto for Delhi polls and said his credibility is down and there is very strong "anti-incumbency" against the ruling party
Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, said on Monday, that they are watching the announcements made by US President Donald Trump "very carefully" and stressed that more and more energy is coming on the market.
Puri said, "Our target was to achieve 20 per cent blending by 2030, we postponed the target to 2025 and now we will probably do 20 per cent blending of biofuel by next month."