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Government allocates Rs 12,300 crores for Swachh Bharat Mission
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced that the government has allocated Rs 12,300 crores for Swachh Bharat Mission while presenting the Union Budget for the year 2020-21, according to an official press release.
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MSMEs turnover threshold for audit increased five times to Rs 5 crore
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): To reduce compliance burden on small retailers, traders, shop keepers who comprise the medium, small and micro enterprises (MSME) sector, the Union Budget has proposed to raise by five times the turnover threshold for audit from the existing Rs 1 crore to 5
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Defence gets 6 percent hike, Rs 1.1 lakh crore for modernisation
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The defence budget has been hiked by 6 per cent from Rs 3.18 lakh crore to Rs 3.37 lakh crore in the Union Budget 2020 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday.
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Bloodbath on D-Street, budget fails to impress investors
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Stock markets witnessed a bloodbath during the special trading session on Saturday as traders resorted to short selling after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget for 2020-21.
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Budget proposes wide-ranging facilitation measures in direct tax regime
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): The Union Budget 2020-21 has proposed a new scheme called 'Vivad Se Vishwas' (no dispute but trust) which aims at reducing litigations in the direct taxes payments.
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Union Budget will further strengthen economy: Yogi Adityanath
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has lauded the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday in Lok Sabha and said that this budget will further strengthen the economy.
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'Grandstanding,' Congress' Manish Tewari sums up Union Budget 2020
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Congress leader Manish Tewari on Saturday said that the Union Budget 2020 can be summed up as grandstanding.
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Will make India healthy and wealthy in coming years: Rajnath hails 'promis
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday hailed the Union Budget 2020 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman saying that it is "promising, proactive and progressive Budget which will make India healthy and wealthy in coming years."
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Sitharaman quotes Thiruvalluvar's verse on '5 jewels of a good country'
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday quoted Tamil poet and philosopher Thiruvalluvar while presenting the Union Budget 2020 mentioning the 'five jewels' required by a good country.
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Market indices tumble after Budget announcements
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Equity indices were on a downward swing during afternoon on Saturday as proposals in the Union Budget 2020-21 failed to cheer investors.
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Rs 6,400 cr for Ayushman Bharat Yojna, hospital in 100 more districts: Sit
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that Rs 69,000 crore has been provided to the healthcare sector in the Union Budget in 2020-21, out of which Rs 6,400 crore will be sanctioned for Ayushman Bharat Yojna.
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One lakh gram panchayts to be linked through BharatNet: Sitharaman
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Fibre-to-home through BharatNet will link one lakh gram panchayats in the financial year 2020-21, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday while presenting the Union Budget.
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