What should have only been for a few months vote on account has indeed bulldozed its limits. Except for the absence of any fresh levies the Union Budget 2019 presented on February 1 by Union Minister Piyush Goyal reads like a virtual election manifesto. And so it is redolent with[Read More…]
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Share Market Live: Sensex ends 212 pts higher, Nifty around 10,900
LIVE UPDATES: Benchmark indices ended higher but off day’s high with Nifty ended near 10,900 level post Interim Budget presented by Finance Minister Piyush Goyal. The Sensex was up 212.74 points at 36469.43, while Nifty was up 62.70 points at 10893.70. About 1189 shares have advanced, 1323 shares declined, and[Read More…]
Union Budget 2019: Key things to know before February 1
This year’s Budget will also include announcements for the Railways.
Lok Sabha passes Union Budget
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Union Budget without any debate amid din, leading to a walkout by members of the Congress and Trinamool, while the TDP, YSR Congress, AIADMK and SP protested near the Speaker’s podium. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley moved the Finance Bill 2018, as[Read More…]
Health Minister Nadda terms health protection scheme as NaMocare
New Delhi: Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Friday termed the proposed National Health Protection Scheme as “NaMocare” and said various health components of the ambitious programme have been worked out. “In this NaMocare, under the Ayushman Bharat, all health components and its stages have been addressed,” Nadda told reporters here,[Read More…]
PM Modi reviews performance of key infrastructure sectors
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday reviewed progress of key infrastructure sectors, including roads, housing, coal and power and hoped the advancement of the Union Budget date would lead to further improvement in performance. The review meeting, which lasted for about two-and-a-half-hours, was attended by top officials from the Prime[Read More…]
Budget session of Parliament resumes
Health ministry approves over 4,000 PG seats in medical colleges, hospitals
Central government on Thursday has approved over 4,000 Post Graduate seats in medical colleges and hospitals across the country, Union Health Minister J P Nadda said. Nadda added that these 4000 seats will take the total number of Post Graduate (PG) seats to 35,117. “Looking at the need to increase[Read More…]
[Watch]: Here’s what the ‘aam aadmi’ expects from Union and Railway budget 2017
The government is all set to present the Union and Railway Budgets 2017 on February 1. The Budget is most awaited coming at the back of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s controversial demonetization drive, and is a precursor to five crucial state assembly elections. Budget 2017 will clearly show the government’s[Read More…]
Budget 2017 may inflate service taxes
Service tax rates have seen an increase over the last two years. In 2015-16, service tax was increased from 12.36% to 14%. The Swachh Bharat cess of 0.5% also was hitched to it. This financial year, the Krishi Kalyan cess of 0.5% was imposed, taking the tax rate to 15%.[Read More…]
EC bars schemes for poll-bound states in union budget
After supreme court passed the judgement that there will be no delay in presenting union budget as demanded by the opposition parties, the Election Commission on Monday said that no particular schemes can be proclaimed in the union budget for the five states where assembly elections are due this year.[Read More…]
President shouldn’t allow Union Budget till polls get over: Uddhav Thackeray
Amidst speculation that the BJP and Shiv Sena may fight distinctly for BMC elections, Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said President Pranab Mukherjee should prevent Modi government from presenting Union budget before elections to five states as he flagged off the Sena’s campaign for the Mumbai polls. Thackeray said he would[Read More…]
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…]