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Budget '18: Govt aims to double farmers' income
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday, while announcing Union Budget 2018-19 in Parliament, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given a clarion call to double farmers' income by 2022 when India celebrates its 75th year of Independence.
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API applauds Govt.'s Budget focus on education, digitalization
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the most awaited budget which started off with a positive note on how the Indian economy has reversed course with GDP at 6.3 percent signalling a turnaround of the economy.
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Defence Budget hiked by 7.81 %
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the Union Budget for the financial year 2018-19 in the Parliament today. Out of the total Rs 24,42,213 crore outlay, Rs 2,95,511.41 crore has been embarked for the Defence sector.
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MoS Gohain assures fast development of Railways
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Minister of State (MoS) Railways Rajen Gohain on Thursday said that the Railways Budget introduced as part of the Budget proposals for 2018-19 by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley includes everything and assured fast development of the sector.
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Budget '18: Transport gets an all time high allocation
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The Modi government's last full budget saw the transport sector getting an all-time-high allocation of Rs 1,34,572 crores.
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PM Modi feels Budget '18 focuses on 'Ease of Living'
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that Union Budget for the next fiscal year also focuses on 'Easy of Living', apart from Éase of doing Business'.
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Budget 2018: Key takeaways for women
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday announced a number of schemes and measures that are expected to benefit women in the country.
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Fadnavis 'happy' over Jaitley's Railway Budget
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday expressed his gratitude to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government after Rs 40,000 crore was allocated in the Union Budget towards enhancing transportation in Mumbai.
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Digital India programme receives double allocation in Budget
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Giving a major fillip to the Digital India Movement, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday announced double allocation for Digital India programme to Rs. 3073 crore in 2018-19.
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All you need to know about Budget '18
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): As the presentation of the Union Budget 2018-19 culminates, here are some key takeaways from this year's allocation:
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Taxpayer base expanding but turnover not encouraging: Jaitley
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday claimed that although there has been an increase in the taxpayer base, the turnover is 'not encouraging'.
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Budget '18: Nitish hails healthcare schemes
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday welcomed the schemes announced in the Union Budget 2018 to provide better healthcare facility to the public.
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