Interim Finance Minister Piyush Goyal is all set to present the interim budget for the financial year 2019-20 at around 11 am today, Friday February 1. Both the houses of Parliament- the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha, will remain in session till February 13 for the Budget Session, which began[Read More…]
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Union Budget session likely to begin on January 31
The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA) on Tuesday recommended holding of the Budget session from January 31. The address of the President and tabling of the Economic Survey are likely to take place on January 31. The committee headed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh met in the capital and[Read More…]
Niti Aayog suggests doing away with Rail Budget
The NDA government is seeking the opinion of the railway ministry on scrapping presentation of the annual Railway Budget. In a 20-page note to the Prime Minister’s Office, Niti Aayog argued the exercise has failed to come of any use to the sector and has become a “mechanism to announce[Read More…]