FM says economy, which stood at $1.85 trillion five years back, has reached $2.7 trillion now, and is within capacity to reach $5 trillion in the next few years
Aiming to attract big players, single-brand retail firms may be permitted to open online stores before setting up brick-and-mortar shops if they bring in over $200 mn FDI
Boost to essentially come from road corridors across length and breadth of country, focus on maritime development by executing port development and modernization projects
Banks have recovered Rs 4 lakh crore due to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code and other means effected in the past four years, the FM said
FM also says country needs to make structural reforms to achieve $5 trillion economy in the next few years
Under the present rule, NRIs with Indian passport are required to wait for 180 days to get the Aadhaar card.
The government aims to connect all 2.5 lakh village panchayats with high speed broadband by March 2020
She proposed to start a television programme exclusively for startups that will be executed by startups themselves
Sitharaman also said that 10,000 new farmer producer organisations will be be set up
Presenting her maiden Union Budget, Sitharaman said the government has already written to Sebi regarding the matter
Modi has set a target of growing India into a $5 trillion economy by 2024-2025 from $2.7 trillion
She also noted that the government has allocated Rs 350 crore towards interest subvention for MSMEs for 2019-20
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget speech said that India's FDI inflows in 2018-19 grew by 6 per cent to $64.37 billion
The finance minister said as the world's third largest aviation market, time is ripe to enter aircraft financing and leasing from Indian shores
The finance minister also said the government will create a payment platform for MSMEs for payment of bills
FM Nirmala Sitharaman said in the current year, India's economy will grow to become $3 trillion economy, sixth largest in world
We are well within our capacity to reach $5-trillion in the next few years, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
Sitharaman was seen carrying the red cloth wrapped budget papers that was neatly bound with the auspicious yellow and red ribbon
The farmers will be looked after well in the Budget as the government will seek to ensure they get better prices for their produce
All eyes will be on Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today who will present the Budget 2019 in the Parliament