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Budget Does Not Have Any Structural Reforms, Says P Chidambaram
Senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram said today that the Union Budget for 2019-20 is "status-quoist" as it seeks to bring about only incremental reforms and not radical reforms required by the country to grow faster.
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"Dropped Catches, No Balls": Shashi Tharoor's Cricket Analogy For Budget
As World Cup fever grips the nation, Shashi Tharoor today reverted to cricket lexicon in the Parliament to criticize the Union Budget which was presented on Friday.
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Green Environment Behind Push For Public Transport, EVs: Finance Minister
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the tax proposals in the Union Budget for FY20 on fossil fuels and electric cars must push people to avoid polluting fuels and adopt either electric vehicles or public transport.
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Parliament LIVE Updates- "We Have No Role In Karnataka Crisis": Rajnath Singh In Parliament
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today said that the BJP had nothing to do with the situation in Karnataka where several Congress and JD-S MLAs have quit, puttng the coalition government in a crisis.
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Super Rich Tax Rate Still Lower Than In US, China: Finance Ministry
Justifying the raising of tax incidence on super-rich, the finance ministry said the highest tax rate in India was still lower than many countries, including the US and China, and it was a worldwide phenomenon to ask the super rich to pay extra tax.
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Cabinet Secretary Calls For Meet On $5 Trillion Economy Roadmap: Report
Cabinet Secretary P.K. Sinha has called for a meeting on Monday to discuss the vision, policy intervention, investment and departmental responsibilities towards achieving the target of a $5 trillion economy by 2025 as it was announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman when she unveiled the 2019-2020 Union Budget.
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KT Rama Rao Says Union Budget "Disappointing, Insipid" For Telangana
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) working President KT Rama Rao on Saturday termed the Union Budget 2019-20 as "disappointing and insipid" from Telangana's perspective.
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"Professional Pessimists": PM Modi Slams Those Criticizing Budget 2019
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today explained the Union Budget to BJP workers in his constituency Varanasi and called those criticizing his government's vision of a 5 trillion dollar economy as "professional pessimists".
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Budget 2019: India Takes Big Step to Boost Digital Payments
In budget 2019, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the proposal to levy two percent TDS was aimed at discouraging the practice of making business payments in cash.
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US Corporate Sector Welcomes Indian Budget, Says Will Attract Investment
The American corporate sector has hailed Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's first union budget, noting that it is not only inclusive, but also attractive for foreign investments.
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Nirmala Sitharaman Quotes Tamil Poem In Budget Speech, Thanks Taxpayers
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday quoted Tamil classic "Purananooru", and drew inspiration from it to assert that the NDA government was for judicious taxation ensuring that it does not hurt any section of the tax payers.
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Budget ''Disappointing'', Full Of ''Rhetoric'': Sheila Dikshit
Former Delhi Chief Minister and President of city unit of Congress, Sheila Dikshit termed the annual budget 2019 as "disappointing" and "devoid of" substance.
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Budget 2019: Centre To Pump In Rs 70,000 Crore In State-Owned Banks
To strengthen financial health of public sector banks (PSBs), Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday said the government will pump in Rs 70,000 crore to boost their lending capacity.
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Railways Gets Rs 65,837 Crore, Budget Focus On Public-Private Partnership
Railways received a budgetary allocation of Rs 65,837 crore and highest ever outlay for capital expenditure amounting to Rs 1.60 lakh crore in the Budget for the year 2019-20 presented on Friday, which includes a whopping 200 per cent increase in funds for passenger amenities.
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Jal Shakti Ministry Gets Rs 28,261 Crore Budget Allocation
The Jal Shakti Ministry, which is executing the government's mission to provide clean and piped drinking water to every household in the country, has been earmarked Rs 28,261.59 crore in the budget 2019-20.
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Budget Does Not Have Any Structural Reforms, Says P Chidambaram
Senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram said today that the Union Budget for 2019-20 is "status-quoist" as it seeks to bring about only incremental reforms and not radical reforms required by the country to grow faster.
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"Dropped Catches, No Balls": Shashi Tharoor's Cricket Analogy For Budget
As World Cup fever grips the nation, Shashi Tharoor today reverted to cricket lexicon in the Parliament to criticize the Union Budget which was presented on Friday.
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Green Environment Behind Push For Public Transport, EVs: Finance Minister
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the tax proposals in the Union Budget for FY20 on fossil fuels and electric cars must push people to avoid polluting fuels and adopt either electric vehicles or public transport.
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Parliament LIVE Updates- "We Have No Role In Karnataka Crisis": Rajnath Singh In Parliament
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today said that the BJP had nothing to do with the situation in Karnataka where several Congress and JD-S MLAs have quit, puttng the coalition government in a crisis.
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Super Rich Tax Rate Still Lower Than In US, China: Finance Ministry
Justifying the raising of tax incidence on super-rich, the finance ministry said the highest tax rate in India was still lower than many countries, including the US and China, and it was a worldwide phenomenon to ask the super rich to pay extra tax.
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Cabinet Secretary Calls For Meet On $5 Trillion Economy Roadmap: Report
Cabinet Secretary P.K. Sinha has called for a meeting on Monday to discuss the vision, policy intervention, investment and departmental responsibilities towards achieving the target of a $5 trillion economy by 2025 as it was announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman when she unveiled the 2019-2020 Union Budget.
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KT Rama Rao Says Union Budget "Disappointing, Insipid" For Telangana
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) working President KT Rama Rao on Saturday termed the Union Budget 2019-20 as "disappointing and insipid" from Telangana's perspective.
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"Professional Pessimists": PM Modi Slams Those Criticizing Budget 2019
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today explained the Union Budget to BJP workers in his constituency Varanasi and called those criticizing his government's vision of a 5 trillion dollar economy as "professional pessimists".
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Budget 2019: India Takes Big Step to Boost Digital Payments
In budget 2019, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the proposal to levy two percent TDS was aimed at discouraging the practice of making business payments in cash.
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US Corporate Sector Welcomes Indian Budget, Says Will Attract Investment
The American corporate sector has hailed Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's first union budget, noting that it is not only inclusive, but also attractive for foreign investments.
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Nirmala Sitharaman Quotes Tamil Poem In Budget Speech, Thanks Taxpayers
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday quoted Tamil classic "Purananooru", and drew inspiration from it to assert that the NDA government was for judicious taxation ensuring that it does not hurt any section of the tax payers.
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Budget ''Disappointing'', Full Of ''Rhetoric'': Sheila Dikshit
Former Delhi Chief Minister and President of city unit of Congress, Sheila Dikshit termed the annual budget 2019 as "disappointing" and "devoid of" substance.
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Budget 2019: Centre To Pump In Rs 70,000 Crore In State-Owned Banks
To strengthen financial health of public sector banks (PSBs), Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday said the government will pump in Rs 70,000 crore to boost their lending capacity.
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Railways Gets Rs 65,837 Crore, Budget Focus On Public-Private Partnership
Railways received a budgetary allocation of Rs 65,837 crore and highest ever outlay for capital expenditure amounting to Rs 1.60 lakh crore in the Budget for the year 2019-20 presented on Friday, which includes a whopping 200 per cent increase in funds for passenger amenities.
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Jal Shakti Ministry Gets Rs 28,261 Crore Budget Allocation
The Jal Shakti Ministry, which is executing the government's mission to provide clean and piped drinking water to every household in the country, has been earmarked Rs 28,261.59 crore in the budget 2019-20.
