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Vote-on-Account: Additional provision of Rs 666.66 crore for conducting ge
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): An additional provision of Rs 666.66 crore (voted) in revenue section has been provided for conducting general elections to Law and Justice Ministry in the vote-on-account presented in Parliament on Friday.
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Interim Budget: Not something new in India
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The Interim Budget, which Finance Minister Piyush Goyal presented in the Lok Sabha on Friday, is not something new in India’s parliamentary governance. Goyal, who got the charge of Finance Ministry only recently after Union Minister Arun Jaitley went
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The only thing this government knows about jobs is ‘Pakodanomics’: Chidamb
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday asked why there was no mention of the words education and jobs in the Interim Budget speech of Union Minister Piyush Goyal and said the only thing the NDA government knows about jobs is ‘Pakodanomics’.
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Opposition leaders tear into BJP’s interim budget
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 01 (ANI): With the BJP presenting its interim budget, its fifth and final one ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, a plethora of opposition leaders on Friday attacked the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government, accusing them of announcing populist schemes in
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Interim Budget beneficial for every one, says Ramdev
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Yog guru Ramdev on Friday said the Interim Budget was "beneficial" for every section and since it was an election year it would be termed a "political budget".
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Allocation for MHA increased by over Rs 10,000 crore
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India] February 1 (ANI): The Union Government on Friday increased the MHA budget by Rs 10,477 crore for the financial year 2019-2020, with an aim to modernise its police forces, build infrastructure including borders.
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Budget lifts up Sensex 212 points, Nifty closes at 10,893
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Stock markets closed with an upbeat mood on Friday after the government announced higher rural spending as well as tax exemptions in the Interim Budget for 2019-20, the last before general elections due in the next three months.
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Budget not a vote on account, but an account for votes: Chidambaram n Inte
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Senior Congress leader and former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Friday described the Interim Budget 2019-2020 presented by Union Minister Piyush Goyal as “not a vote on account, but an account for votes".
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Budget will give fresh impetus to building ‘new India’, says PM
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi, Feb 1 (ANI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the interim budget will lend fresh impetus to the efforts to build a ‘new India’ as it meets the aspirations of all sections of the society as well as the government’s goals.
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Defence forces get 7% hike in budget
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The Defence budget for the first time touched the figure of Rs 3.05 crore as the government hiked it by Rs 19,873 crore from last year's allocation of Rs 2,85,423 crore, the government said today.
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5 years of incompetence, arrogance destroyed lives of our farmers: Rahul G
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Leading the Opposition's attack against the interim budget 2019-20, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday blamed Narendra Modi government for destroying the lives of the farmers by providing a direct minimum income for farmers stating that giving t
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Budget 2019: Rs 16,061 crores earmarked for MEA
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs has been allocated a budget of Rs 16,061 crores in the Interim Budget 2019-20, with an increase of Rs 1,050 crores over last year's Rs 15,011 crore.
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