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Page 7 - Latest Updates on Union Budget 2019

Budget 2019: Pension benefit extended to 30 mn retail traders, shopkeepers

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

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Updated On : 05 Jul 2019 | 1:20 PM IST

Budget 2019: FM eases sourcing local norms, opens doors to Apple Stores

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

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Updated On : 05 Jul 2019 | 1:22 PM IST

Budget 2019: Sitharaman bets big on infra, commits Rs 100 trn over 5 years

Boost to essentially come from road corridors across length and breadth of country, focus on maritime development by executing port development and modernization projects

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Updated On : 06 Jul 2019 | 1:44 AM IST

Budget 2019: Govt to infuse Rs 70,000 cr into PSBs to ramp lending capacity

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

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Updated On : 05 Jul 2019 | 1:20 PM IST

Budget 2019: Rs 350 cr allocated for interest subvention for MSMEs

FM also says country needs to make structural reforms to achieve $5 trillion economy in the next few years

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Updated On : 05 Jul 2019 | 12:53 PM IST

Budget 2019 proposes to scrap 180-day wait for NRIs to get Aadhaar

Under the present rule, NRIs with Indian passport are required to wait for 180 days to get the Aadhaar card.

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Updated On : 05 Jul 2019 | 1:08 PM IST

BharatNet to be expedited with universal service obligation fund, says FM

The government aims to connect all 2.5 lakh village panchayats with high speed broadband by March 2020

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Updated On : 05 Jul 2019 | 12:50 PM IST

Budget 2019: FM Sitharaman proposes exclusive TV channel for startups

She proposed to start a television programme exclusively for startups that will be executed by startups themselves

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Updated On : 05 Jul 2019 | 12:55 PM IST

Safe drinking water for every citizen priority of govt, says FM Sitharaman

Sitharaman also said that 10,000 new farmer producer organisations will be be set up

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Updated On : 05 Jul 2019 | 1:00 PM IST

Budget 2019: FM proposes to increase minimum public shareholding to 35%

Presenting her maiden Union Budget, Sitharaman said the government has already written to Sebi regarding the matter

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Updated On : 05 Jul 2019 | 12:49 PM IST

Modi 2.0 seeks to reverse weakening growth, investment with Budget 2019

Modi has set a target of growing India into a $5 trillion economy by 2024-2025 from $2.7 trillion

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Updated On : 05 Jul 2019 | 12:37 PM IST

Budget 2019 promises new pension scheme, highway revamp & more

She also noted that the government has allocated Rs 350 crore towards interest subvention for MSMEs for 2019-20

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Updated On : 05 Jul 2019 | 12:35 PM IST

Budget 2019 proposes to relax FDI norms in media, aviation, insurance

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

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Updated On : 05 Jul 2019 | 12:20 PM IST

Budget 2019 calls for public-private partnership to develop rail infra

The finance minister said as the world's third largest aviation market, time is ripe to enter aircraft financing and leasing from Indian shores

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Updated On : 05 Jul 2019 | 12:22 PM IST

National gas grid, power reforms will be unveiled soon: FM in Budget speech

The finance minister also said the government will create a payment platform for MSMEs for payment of bills

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Updated On : 05 Jul 2019 | 12:14 PM IST

India needs structural reforms to get $5 trn economy: FM in Budget 2019

FM Nirmala Sitharaman said in the current year, India's economy will grow to become $3 trillion economy, sixth largest in world

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Updated On : 05 Jul 2019 | 12:02 PM IST

Budget 2019: Key takeaways of Nirmala Sitharaman's maiden budget speech

We are well within our capacity to reach $5-trillion in the next few years, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

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Updated On : 05 Jul 2019 | 3:53 PM IST

Budget 2019: FM Sitharaman ditches colonial-era briefcase for 'bahi khata'

Sitharaman was seen carrying the red cloth wrapped budget papers that was neatly bound with the auspicious yellow and red ribbon

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Updated On : 05 Jul 2019 | 11:05 AM IST

Jai Kisan! Big farm push expected in first Budget of Modi 2.0

The farmers will be looked after well in the Budget as the government will seek to ensure they get better prices for their produce

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Updated On : 05 Jul 2019 | 10:48 AM IST

Volume IconEconomic Survey highlights and Budget 2019 expectations in just 6 minutes

All eyes will be on Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today who will present the Budget 2019 in the Parliament

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Updated On : 05 Jul 2019 | 9:47 AM IST