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Budget 2019 analysis: Here's what 5 key sectors expected and what they got
EY analyses Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget 2019 for Business Standard, comparing the expectations of five key sectors of the economy and what they actually got in Budgetary provisions
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Budget 2019: Full text of the memorandum of the Finance Bill tabled in LS
Here is the full text of the memorandum of the finance bill tabled in Lok Sabha
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Sitharaman reduces FY20 GST collection estimate by 13% to Rs 6.63 trillion
Sitharaman slashes FY20 forecasts by 13% from Goyal's February Budget Estimates
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Budget 2019: Full text of the Finance Bill as tabled in Lok Sabha
Here is the full text of the Finance Bill as tabled by the first full-time woman finance minister of the country Nirmala Sitharaman
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Govt raises income tax on super-rich to support state lenders, small biz
The new rate will include 25% surcharge on income between Rs 2 crore and Rs 5 crore, and 37% on income exceeding Rs 5 crore in a year
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Budget 2019: Infra, de-clogging NBFCs, incentivising small biz takeaways
The focus in infrastructure is a positive step and that's what the markets, too, were expecting. However, infrastructure financing is a long duration game
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Budget 2019: Why India is launching its first ever sovereign bond
While sovereign bonds may help India get loans overseas at lower interest rates they are susceptible to exchange rate fluctuations
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Winners and losers: Who received how much in Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget
In her maiden budget speech Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced plans to sell India's first global sovereign bonds and ease rules for overseas investors to help revive economic growth
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Budget 2019: Soon, a new TV show on start-up issues on Doordarshan
It may be introduced on one of the existing channels on the DD network or a completely new channel may be launched for the purpose
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Budget 2019 lacks big-bang surprise; bank recap is a lost opportunity
The budget will not drastically change the weightage of foreign investors as regards to India. They will continue on the same path set earlier, he said.
From price hikes to tax sops: How Union Budget 2019 will impact you
While fuel and gold are set to get more expensive, the Budget proposes tax sops on affordable housing and electric vehicle loans
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Budget 2019: Fiscally responsible with a reforms thrust, but protectionist
The finance minister's revenue efforts represent a mix of progressive taxation, dipping into the petroleum sector for collecting more taxes and growing protectionism
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Sitharaman delivers 2 hrs 17 min-long Budget speech, Speaker praises her
As the finance minister walked into Lok Sabha just before 10:55 am and took her seat, several women MPs walked up to her, wishing her good luck before the speech
Budget 2019 suggests greater role for insurance, aviation to revive growth
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled the proposals while presenting the budget for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020 to parliament
Budget 2019: Govt to sell first global bond to fund infra and spur growth
The fiscal deficit goal for the year that began on April 1 was lowered to 3.3% of gross domestic product from 3.4% set in February's interim plan, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said.
Budget makes petrol, diesel costlier, raises tax on super-rich, gold import
Corporate tax on companies with turnover of up to Rs 400 crore has been slashed to 25 per cent from current 30 per cent
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Full text of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Union Budget 2019 speech
Tabling the Modi 2.0 government's maiden budget in Parliament, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed measures to boost education, infra, transport sector
Budget 2019: Sitharaman's sops to push affordable housing, housing sales
Experts added that the interest exemption upto Rs 3.5 lakh for affordable housing would help boost residential sales
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Budget 2019: PAN, Aadhaar interchangeable for filing of IT returns, says FM
Sitharaman said Aadhaar card for NRIs with Indian passports will be issued after their arrival in India, without waiting for the mandatory 180 days
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Railways seeks private players, plans Rs 50 trillion investments: Budget
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget proposes pan-India transportation card for bus, rail and waterways.
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