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The Interim Budget, also known as a vote on account, will seek the Parliaments nod for meeting the expenditure for the first six months of new fiscal2019-20. (Photo: ANI)

Union Cabinet approves interim Budget 2019-20

A full-fledged Budget will be presented in Parliament once the new Central government is formed after the General...

1 Feb 2019 11:19 AM IST

The manufacturing sector, which is crucial for the government to generate jobs, shrank by three per cent in April.

Jan sees fastest rise in factory orders since Dec 2017; mfg activity...

The Nikkei India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index increased from 53.2 in December to 53.9 in January.

1 Feb 2019 11:09 AM IST

Piyush Goyal, the interim finance minister, will present the 2019-20 budget to parliament, in the absence of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who is currently in the United States for medical treatment. (Photo: File)

Interim Budget 2019: Highlights

Govt is set to step up rural welfare spending by 16 per cent for the fiscal year beginning April to 1.3 trillion rupees.

1 Feb 2019 9:34 AM IST

Fitch, however, expects GDP growth to pick up in the next two years on back of gradual implementation of the structural reform agenda and higher real disposable income. (Photo: PTI/File)

Commit to fiscal consolidation: Fitch

It said that BJP has reportedly lost votes in some recent state elections due to rural distress and public concerns over...

1 Feb 2019 12:29 AM IST

The benchmark Sensex pared some gains and were trading higher by 0.69 per cent or 233.02 points at 34,080.25 at 0955 hrs. (Photo: File)

Dovish Fed, Budget help Sensex rally 665 points

The Sensex jumped 665.44 points or 1.87 per cent to close the session at 36,256.69.

1 Feb 2019 12:26 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with parliamentary affairs minister N.S. Tomar (extreme left), home minister Rajnath Singh (extreme right), Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad (left) and others leaders at an all party meeting for the Budget session, in New Delhi, on Thursday. (Photo: AP)

I-T, farm sops likely to figure in Piyush Goyal Budget

Increase in I-T exemption limit is unlikely to meaningfully reduce collections.

1 Feb 2019 12:24 AM IST

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) number by itself tell the whole story of a nations development?

GDP growth rate for 2017-18 revised upwards to 7.2 per cent

Real GDP or GDP at constant (2011-12) prices for 2017-18 and 2016-17 stand at Rs 131.80 lakh crore and Rs 122.98 lakh...

31 Jan 2019 6:05 PM IST

According to the 2011 Census, the total population of the AP region was 4.94 crore and in this rural population was 3.48 crore and urban population 1.46 crore. (Representational image)

PM Modi plans to raise rural spending by 16 pc to woo rural voters:...

In its interim budget on Friday, the govt is set to earmark about 1.3 trillion for the Ministry of Rural Development.

31 Jan 2019 3:17 PM IST

President Ram Nath Kovind

India's share in global GDP rose to 3.3 pc in 2017: President Kovind

Country's GDP has been growing at a rate of 7.3 pc on an average, making India the sixth largest economy in the world.

31 Jan 2019 2:47 PM IST

Any budget presented by a government immediately after an election will invariably aim at implementing the election manifesto of the ruling party.

Here's what to expect from 2019-2020 interim budget

The government is expected to project economic growth of around 7.5 per cent for the next financial year.

31 Jan 2019 2:15 PM IST

Fitch, however, expects GDP growth to pick up in the next two years on back of gradual implementation of the structural reform agenda and higher real disposable income. (Photo: PTI/File)

Fitch warns of fiscal slippage if govt goes for populist interim...

Government still aims to adhere to a debt ceiling of 60 per cent of GDP by March 2025.

31 Jan 2019 12:51 PM IST

The I-T department had earlier issued notices to over 80 stock brokers after it found tax evasion.

Tax matters: Payment of penalty doesn't lower taxable salary income

Anything over and above the limit specified above will be taxable under income from other sources.

31 Jan 2019 1:20 AM IST