Standup India will be continued for the entire period coinciding with the 15th Finance Commission, i.e., 2020-2025.
05 Jul 2019 2:48 PM
FM said said the Centre would take substantial steps to promote rental housing for which government would make amendments in rental laws.
05 Jul 2019 2:48 PM
Finance minister also announced TDS of 2 per cent on cash withdrawal of more than Rs 1 crore from a bank account.
05 Jul 2019 2:26 PM
These new coins will be made available for public use shortly, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
05 Jul 2019 2:20 PM
The fiscal deficit this year is 3.3 per cent brought down from 3.4 per cent.
05 Jul 2019 2:12 PM
On Thursday, the Lok Sabha passed by voice vote the Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019.
05 Jul 2019 2:02 PM
Aadhaar card for NRIs with Indian passports will be issued after their arrival in India, without waiting for the mandatory 180 days.
05 Jul 2019 1:59 PM
He also ensured that the development work will expedite even more and the tax structure will simplify and infrastructure will modernise.
05 Jul 2019 1:57 PM
NSIL would be the financial arm of the state-run Indian Space Research Organisation.
05 Jul 2019 1:53 PM
Government will also provide income tax deduction of Rs 1.5 lakh on interest paid on loans for purchase of electric vehicles.
05 Jul 2019 1:38 PM
Sitharaman announced that a woman in every SHG will be made eligible for loan upto Rs 1 lakh under the government's Mudra scheme.
05 Jul 2019 1:36 PM
She also said that the Centre has planned structural reforms to kickstart foreign, domestic investment.
05 Jul 2019 1:33 PM
Only 0.7 per cent of the companies will now remain outside the 25 per cent corporate tax bracket, says Sitharaman.
05 Jul 2019 1:26 PM
The Swachh Bharat mission is one of the largest cleanliness drives, as well as an attempt to effect behavioural change, in the world.
05 Jul 2019 1:25 PM
The Finance Minister also asserted that 'Ease of Doing Business' and 'Ease of Life' should be applicable for farmers too.
05 Jul 2019 1:16 PM
Public sector banks will use technology for enabling the customer of one PSB to access service across all PSBs as well.
05 Jul 2019 1:12 PM
Strategic disinvestment of select public sector undertakings will remain a priority area, FM said.
05 Jul 2019 1:12 PM
She also proposed to issue Aadhar cards to Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) holding Indian passports after their arrival in India.
05 Jul 2019 1:09 PM
Rs 350 crore allocated for 2 per cent interest subvention for all GST-registered MSMEs on fresh or incremental loans.
05 Jul 2019 1:07 PM
As on May 31, 2019, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) had generated total of 123.82 crore Aadhaar to residents of India.
05 Jul 2019 1:02 PM