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Piyush Goyal

Budget 2019: Piyush has to think big, take risks

The primary task before Goyal is to present the interim Budget 2019 on February 1 in the Lok Sabha, where the BJP has a...

25 Jan 2019 8:32 PM

Halwa Ceremony was held today in North Block, New Delhi to mark the Ceremonial beginning of printing of Budget 2019. (Photo: ANI)

Printing of Budget documents begins with 'Halwa' ceremony

The NDA government on February 1, would unveil the interim Budget for 2019-20.

21 Jan 2019 9:12 AM

Piyush Goyal

Budget: An electoral ploy walks a tightrope

Mercifully, the extent of this excess is not as yet so great as to cause major worries.

4 Feb 2019 8:34 PM

For FY 18, the fiscal deficit target was supposed to be 3 per cent but it may choose the upper band of 3.5 percent in the Union Budget.

Difficult for govt to maintain 3.4 pc fiscal deficit in FY'20: Moody's

The govt has pegged the fiscal deficit for the next financial year at 3.4 per cent of GDP, as against the original...

3 Feb 2019 12:34 PM

The annual revenue implication of the rate cuts would be Rs 5,500 crore, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Cash to farmers can be increased if resources improve: Arun Jaitley

Arun Jaitley said state governments must support the centre on direct cash transfers to farmers in the spirit of...

3 Feb 2019 11:09 AM

Piyush Goyal

Welfare budget: Unconventional

The budget aims to contain the fiscal deficit to 3.4% 0.1% more than budgeted and in the next FY it is anticipated to be...

3 Feb 2019 2:16 AM

Piyush Goyal

People's Budget and why not?

Taxpayers have always been at the receiving end of successive budgets even as the government constantly grappled with...

2 Feb 2019 8:30 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi cheers as finance minister Piyush Goyal presents the Interim Budget 2019-20 during the Budget Session at Lok Sabha in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Budget is part of BJP's poll pitch

The tax sop is in line with the additional 10 per cent reservation announced for the Hindu upper castes earlier this...

2 Feb 2019 6:51 PM

Direct tax collection in the fiscal year just ended has exceeded the targets with a record 6.84 lakh income tax returns being filed, officials said today.

Tax rebates for middle class to benefit travel, tourism sector:...

The focus on tax rebates for the middle class has brought a sigh of relief for them and now they will be able to spend...

2 Feb 2019 1:08 PM

Almost 81 lakh farmers enrolled for the scheme in 2017 and nearly Rs 3,400 crore was transferred to the insurance companies.

States asked to quickly identify small farmers for income support...

Govt has already earmarked Rs 20,000 cr for disbursement in the current fiscal to an estimated 12 cr farmers.

2 Feb 2019 9:36 AM

The Mumbai zone of the Central GST Commissionerate has mopped up revenue of Rs 72,509 crore till February this year, tax officials said.

GST mop-up rises to Rs 1.02 lakh cr in January

The total number of sales return or GSTR-3B filed for the month of December up to January 31, 2019 is 73.3 lakh.

2 Feb 2019 9:25 AM

Goods and Service Tax

NDA bets big on tax revision despite Rs 1 lakh crore shortfall in...

During the interim budget, the gross tax revenue after the budget estimation stood still at Rs 25.5 lakh crore.

2 Feb 2019 8:04 AM