The finance minister said the Government will take measures to ensure that the rich tribal culture of the country is preserved

Social services sector gets major boost

The allocation is for the Department of Personnel and Training’s propagation of the RTI Act, the Budget document said

Rs 400 crore allocated for setting-up world-class education institutes

The ChangeThe first Budget of Nirmala Sitharaman has not really been well received by the stock market, with the Sensex trading weak, down around 394 ...

Though proposals relating to the capital markets took up a chunk of airtime in the Finance Minister’s budget speech, the stock markets weren’t ...

To widen the tax net, the government proposed to introduce 5 per cent TDS on all payments made by individuals to contractors or professionals in ...

A large number of items including petrol, diesel, gold, silver, cigarettes, fully-imported cars and split air conditioners (ACs) will become more ...

The bond markets have rejoiced. The yield on the 10-year G-Sec has fallen by 10 basis points, cheering the 3.3% fiscal deficit number retained for ...

Estimated salary payout of Rs 86,554.31 crore would be the major expenditure, about Rs 14,000 crore more than last year.

Measure to strengthen Housing for All initiative

The government on Friday proposed a dispute resolution-cum-amnesty scheme —Sabka Vishwas Legacy Dispute Resolution Scheme, 2019 — aimed at unlocking ...

In a departure from the past, India’s first full-time woman Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman carried the Union Budget documents in a red bag, ...

For every rupee in the government coffer, 68 paise will come from direct and indirect taxes while states’ share of taxes and duties is the ...

The government on Friday proposed to increase import duty on gold and precious metal to 12.5 per cent, a move which would make the yellow metal and ...

Government moves GST council to lower the GST rate on electric vehicles from 12 per cent to 5 per cent

Lauding the first budget of his second government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said it will help in building new India. He hoped that the budget will ...

MDR is a charge levied for facilitating a digital transaction and is generally distributed among various parties.

Nirmala Sitharaman in her maiden Budget has stuck to the path laid out in the interim Budget and the mantra of ‘‘unfettered sky blue” thinking in ...

The government on Friday said it will soon make available for public use the new series coins of one, two, five, 10 and 20 rupees.Prime Minister ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said PAN and Aadhaar have been made interchangeable, allowing those who do not have PAN to file income ...

There will be no merchant discount rate charges on digital transaction made at big establishments having annual turnover of more than Rs 50 crore.

Govt also to provide income tax deduction of Rs 1.5 lakh on interest paid on loans taken for purchase of electric vehicles.

The government revived its efforts to attract high-tech companies for setting up manufacturing units in India in areas like electronic chip ...