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In 2015, 3,266 farmers committed suicide in the state.

Interim Budget focused on rural and agriculture sector: DBS bank

Govt revised up the FY19 fiscal deficit at -3.4 per cent of the GDP vs -3.3 per cent in the budgeted estimate.

2 Feb 2019 12:17 PM IST

Nisha Desai Biswal, former Indian-American assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia (Photo: Facebook)

Top US advocacy group praises Piyush Goyal for the positive elements

The interim Budget comes after the disappointing moves made by the Union government to control a quick execution in its...

2 Feb 2019 11:35 AM IST

Railways will eventually extend the scheme to all trains in which meals are served, officials said. (Photo: Pixabay)

Budget allocates enough funds for MUTP: railway officials

The interim budget presented by finance minister Piyush Goyal has allotted Rs 7,672 crore for the Central Railway.

2 Feb 2019 11:19 AM IST

...former French President, Hollande, is countering statement made against him with regard to a conflict of interest in his dealing with the Reliance Defence, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley wrote. (Photo: Twitter | @ANI)

Income tax rebate a logical extension of steps taken by govt: Jaitley

Piyush Goyal on Friday announced an income tax rebate on earnings of up to Rs 5 lakh.

2 Feb 2019 11:09 AM IST

The agenda going forward is clear: The banks have to regain the confidence of investors so that they can raise funds from the capital markets and not be dependent on government. (Representational image)

Other banks to be out of PCA framework soon: Piyush Goyal

The RBI on Thursday lifted lending curbs on three out of 11 weak public sector banks (PSBs).

2 Feb 2019 10:28 AM IST

File picture of Delhi Police. (Photo: PTI)

Delhi Police gets Rs 7,881 cr, hike of 6.4 per cent from outlay in...

The amount saw a 7.99 per cent increase from the last Budget outlay of Rs 6791.60 crore.

2 Feb 2019 7:06 AM IST

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.

Budget 2019: Tax rebates, sops to woo middle class

The finance minister proposed to exempt levy of income tax on notional rent on a second self-occupied house.

2 Feb 2019 2:09 AM IST

It took our state government hours to waive loans of farmers, Opposition will force (PM) Narendra Modi government to waive farm loans, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said. (Photo: ANI)

Opposition calls Budget 'populist, aakhri jumla'

Rahul Gandhi said the coming elections would be fought on issues like Rafale, jobs and demonetisation.

2 Feb 2019 2:04 AM IST

Budget 2019: Pitch for second term

The payment of Rs 2,000 will be made three times in a year directly in the bank account of the farmers, costing the...

2 Feb 2019 1:57 AM IST

Budget 2019: '10D' vision to reach $10 trillion economy

The seventh dimension of the Vision aims at the outer skies with space programme like Gaganyaan, placing an Indian...

2 Feb 2019 1:48 AM IST

A farmer carries a paddy for transplantation on the outskirts of Guwahati.

Budget 2019: Tenant farmers shortchanged

The PM's Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme only benefits those who have farm land.

2 Feb 2019 1:47 AM IST

While the Annual Survey of Education Report (ASER) by the NGO Pratham among rural children makes for depressing reading each year, the learning outcomes of the children enrolled in CBSE schools were none too good either.

Budget 2019: Education sector gets Rs 93,848 crore

Last year, then finance minister Arun Jaitley had allocated Rs 85,010 crore for the education sector.

2 Feb 2019 1:47 AM IST