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The railways has started the exercise of an internal audit through which 50 mail and express trains will be upgraded to super-fast services. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Budget 2019: Railways gets Rs 1.58 lakh cr, highest ever for national...

No railway fare hike was announced in the Railway Budget for 2019.

1 Feb 2019 1:50 PM IST

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Budget 2019: Direct tax collection shoots up to Rs 12L cr from Rs...

GST collections in January 2019 has crossed Rs 1 lakh crore.

1 Feb 2019 1:43 PM IST

Ten years after 26/11, the Indian Navy coordinated the largest-ever coastal defence exercise off the Indian coast on 22-23 January 2019, codenamed Sea Vigil.

Defence budget will be increased to over Rs 3 lakh crore says Piyush...

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday announced an increase in defence budget.

1 Feb 2019 1:33 PM IST

Finance Minister Goyal said: On behalf of all the people of India and our Government, thank all our taxpayers for their valuable contribution to nation-building and for providing a better quality of life to poor and marginalised. (Photo: ANI)

Budget 2019: FM Piyush Goyal says no tax on income up to Rs 5 lakh

Around 3 crore middle-class taxpayers will get tax exemption due to this measure.

1 Feb 2019 1:29 PM IST

More than three lakh farmers in India have committed suicide since the bioimperialists entered our agriculture through globalisation and the so-called free trade .

Goyal announces 2 pc interest subvention for farmers hit by natural...

Government has fixed MSP for 22 notified crops at 50 per cent higher than cost of production.

1 Feb 2019 12:49 PM IST

Labourers working on the metro project claimed two of their co-workers, who were probably inside a temporary shelter underneath the bridge, are still missing. (Photo: PTI)

FM announces pension for informal workers, hikes tax-free gratuity to...

The scheme will provide assured monthly pension of Rs 3,000, with contribution of 100 rupees per month.

1 Feb 2019 12:42 PM IST

98 per cent rural sanitation coverage achieved, Interim Finance Minister Piyush Goyal said. (Photo: ANI Twitter)

10 lakh patients treated under Ayushman Bharat scheme says Piyush...

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said 10 lakh patients have been treated so far under the Ayushman Bharat scheme.

1 Feb 2019 12:39 PM IST

In Andhra Pradesh, post-bifurcation, the highest number of clearances from the Forest Department have been given to road construction projects.

Road construction trebled under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana:...

As many as 1.53 crore houses were constructed during 2014-18 under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana.

1 Feb 2019 12:30 PM IST

98 per cent rural sanitation coverage achieved, Interim Finance Minister Piyush Goyal said. (Photo: ANI Twitter)

Union Budget: Here's what's good and bad

Goyal presented Budget in a last ditch bid to woo the electorate with several popular measures.

1 Feb 2019 12:27 PM IST

The inflationary expectations would be seeping even in the core inflation (non-food, non-fuel). Going forward, both external and internal factors would weigh on the mind of the Monetary Policy Committee of the RBI Assocham

Govt broke the back of high inflation: Piyush Goyal

Goyal said during the previous UPA government (2009-14), inflation averaged as high as 10.1 per cent.

1 Feb 2019 12:12 PM IST

Farmers into cultivation in Munroe Thuruthu.

Govt announces cash dole for small farmers

Rs 20,000 crore have been provided for current fiscal and also announced allocation of Rs 75,000 crore for the next...

1 Feb 2019 12:04 PM IST

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal (Photo: File)

Rs 3 lakh cr recovered from big corporate loan defaulters: Piyush...

Maharashtra have been removed from the PCA (prompt corrective action) framework of the RBI.

1 Feb 2019 11:55 AM IST