Sat, 01 Feb 2020 18:31:18
New Delhi: Asserting that the Union Budget will give push to the economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday listed out various reforms announced in it and said the document has both "vision and action".
Reforms announced in the Budget will push employment in the country and help in doubling farmers' income, the prime minister said.
The Budget has further strengthened the government's
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Sat, 01 Feb 2020 14:43:26
NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said 100 more airports will be developed by 2025 to support the UDAN scheme.
Presenting the Budget for 2020-21, Sitharaman said Rs 1.7 lakh crore has been provided for transport infrastructure in 2020-21.
She also said 1,150 trains will run under the public private partnership (PPP) mode, also four stations will be redeveloped with t
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Sat, 01 Feb 2020 14:39:44
The Centre will soon announce a new education policy and the government has received over 2 lakh suggestions on it, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday.
Presenting the Budget for 2020-21, Sitharaman said Rs 99,300 crore has been allocated for the education sector and Rs 3,000 crore for skill development for the next fiscal.
Steps will be be taken to attract external commerci
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Sat, 01 Feb 2020 14:33:51
New Delhi: In a major relief for individual taxpayers, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced a new regime of personal income tax.
"Under the new personal income tax regime, individual taxpayers to pay tax at a reduced rate of 10 per cent for income between Rs 5 lakh and 7.5 lakh against the current rate of 20 per cent," Sitharaman said while presenting the Budget.
"Those
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Sat, 01 Feb 2020 14:31:03
New Delhi: Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said the government is ready to talk to the protesters at Shaheen Bagh to clear their doubts over the amended Citizenship law, but it should be in a "structured form".
The Shaheen Bagh protestors have been staging a sit-in since the last 40 days to protest the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
"Government is ready to talk to protestors of Sha
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Sat, 01 Feb 2020 14:27:59
Mumbai: Maharashtra Minister and Congress leader Aslam Shaikh on Friday said that the state government will soon bring Muslim reservation since it was a part of the alliance government's common minimum programme.
"Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government to soon bring Muslim reservation as it was a part of the grand alliance's common minimum programme," Shaikh told ANI.
He also slammed the Bharati
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Sat, 01 Feb 2020 14:25:53
New Delhi : Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that if BJP is voted to power in the national capital then free electricity, water and bus rides will be stopped.
"The BJP's manifesto has proven that if people vote it to power then Free electricity, Free water and Free bus rides will be stopped. People should think and vote," Kejriwal tweeted.
Earlier today, BJP released its manife
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Sat, 01 Feb 2020 14:18:44
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the government is committed to eliminating tuberculosis by 2025. "The government will launch "TB harega desh jeetga" (TB will be defeated and the country will win) campaign to eliminate tuberculosis by 2025," said Sitharaman while presenting the budget.
She further noted that the NDA government is committed to the Open Defecation F
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Sat, 01 Feb 2020 14:15:41
New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI) The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday approved the Budget for the financial year beginning April 1, that may see measures to lift the economy from the worst economic slowdown in 11 years.
Before coming to Parliament for presenting her second budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and her team met President Ram Nath Kovind.
She wa
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