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Union Budget 2019-2020 -- long on talk, short on delivery: Punjab Finance
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], July 5 (ANI): The Union Budget 2019-20 is long on talk but likely to be short on delivery, as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman did not mention much about major sectors like education and nationalism, said Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal here on
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Sitharaman's budget speech kept women MPs upbeat, enthusiastic throughout
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 5 (ANI): Bowing before her parents sitting in the Speaker's gallery of Lok Sabha, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday presented the historical budget that drew the highest applause from women on several occasions.
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Govt has sought lowering of GST on electric vehicles from 12pc to 5pc, say
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the inclusion of solar stage batteries and charging infrastructure will boost production of electric vehicles and their faster adoption by customers in the country.
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Sensex dives 395 points as as panic selling weighs in, Nifty settles at 11
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 5 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices tumbled on Friday as panic selling weighed in after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget for 2019-20.
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Sitharaman's budjet speech kept women MPs upbeat, enthusiastic throughout
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 5 (ANI): Bowing before her parents sitting in the Speaker's gallery of Lok Sabha, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday presented the historical budget that drew the highest applause from women on several occasions.
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Direct tax revenue increases by 78 pc in last five years
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
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.
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Fertiliser subsidy sees a hike of around Rs 10,000 crore in Budget 2019-20
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
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.
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Union Budget proposes measures to deepen corporate debt markets
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
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.
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'Jal Jeevan Mission' to focus on local infrastructure for water sustainabi
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
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.
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Budget 2019-20: Rs 400 crore allocated to set up 'world class institutions
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
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.
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Credit Guarantee Enhancement Corporation to be set up this year
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
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.
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Budget 2019-20: Six months' partial credit guarantee proposed for PSBs
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
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.
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