New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): The direct tax revenue has significantly increased by over 78 per cent from Rs 6.38 lakh crore in 2013-14 to about Rs 11.37 lakh crore in last five years, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday.
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Fertiliser subsidy has got a hike of around Rs 10,000 crore for the current financial year as per the Union Budget for 2019-20 which Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lok Sabha on Friday.
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): A number of measures to further deepen bond markets have been proposed by Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman, while presenting the Union Budget 2019-20 in Parliament on Friday.
New Delhi [India], July 05 (ANI): Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that the 'Jal Jeevan Mission' will focus on the creation of local infrastructure for water sustainability.
New Delhi [India], July 05 (ANI): Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that the government has allocated Rs 400 crore to create "world-class institutions" in the country.
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): To enhance sources of capital for infrastructure financing, the Central government will set up a Credit Guarantee Enhancement Corporation in the current financial year 2019-20, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday.
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the government has proposed to provide a one-time six-month partial credit guarantee to public sector banks (PSBs) for first loss of up to 10 per cent.
New Delhi [India], July 05 (ANI): Union Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced that the government aims to set up Common Facility Centres (CFCs) to facilitate cluster-based development for making traditional industries more productive, profitable and capable for generating s
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday congratulated Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for presenting the Union Budget 2019-20, which, he said, perfectly encapsulates Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of New India.
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her maiden budget on Friday and while doing so, the leader made her speech interesting by using multiple proverbs and couplets in Hindi, Urdu and Tamil languages.
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Arun Jaitley, the former finance minister of India, hailed the Union Budget 2019-20, which his successor Nirmala Sitharaman presented in the Lok Sabha on Friday.