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Arun Jaitley addresses the media in New Delhi on Tuesday

Budget 2018: IIT Chennai to help govt establish 5G centres

Arun Jaitley has announced Rs 10, 000 cr for expansion of telecom infrastructure under various govt projects.

1 Feb 2018 4:16 PM IST

The amount for defence pension is an increase of 26.60 per cent over the allocation of Rs 85,740 crore last year. (Photo: AP)

Rs 2.95 lakh crore allocated for defence budget for 2018-19

Outlay for defence budget amounted to 12.10 per cent of the total budget of Rs 24,42,213 crore for 2018-19.

1 Feb 2018 4:11 PM IST

TRAI in draft amendment of the Telecommunication Mobile Number Portability Per Port Transaction Charge and Dipping Charge Regulations has proposed that the Per Port Transaction charge shall be Rs 4 .

Govt expects Rs 48,661.42 crore from telecom sector in FY19

Government had made a provision of Rs 44,342.2 crore revenue from telecom services in 2017-18.

1 Feb 2018 3:35 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed the Union Budget development-friendly and said it would strengthen the vision of a new India. (Photo: PTI)

Budget unveils major health scheme for poor, sops for farmers; Modi...

Jaitley announces world's largest healthcare programme, medical cover of up to Rs 5 lakh to 10 crore poor families per...

1 Feb 2018 3:32 PM IST

Boost to economy as Budget 2018 allocates Rs 5.97 lakh cr for infrastructure

Boost to economy as Budget 2018 allocates Rs 5.97 lakh cr for...

In his Budget address, Finance Minister Jaitley termed infrastructure as 'growth driver' of the economy.

1 Feb 2018 2:56 PM IST

While unveiling UDAN scheme last month, the ministry had said viability gap funding (VGF) would be based on different stage lengths as well as the type of fixed wing aircraft.

UDAN to connect 56 unserved airports, says Jaitley

Govt has proposed expansion of airport capacity by more than five times to handle a billion trips a year under a new...

1 Feb 2018 2:54 PM IST

File photo of special CBI judge B H Loya. (Photo: Facebook)

Judge Loya death case: Cong demands SC-monitored probe

The Judge Loya case was one of many issues raised by four Supreme Court judges in the January 13 press conference.

1 Feb 2018 2:32 PM IST

Indian railways

Budget for Railways: Bengaluru, Mumbai big gainers

Bengaluru will get a corpus of Rs 17,000 crore for the local rail network. Karnataka goes to polls this year.

1 Feb 2018 2:21 PM IST

Budget 2018: Salary hike for Prez, VP, governors; know how much theyll get

Budget 2018: Salary hike for Prez, VP, governors; know how much...

The budget proposes salary hike of the President to Rs 5 lakh, vice-president to Rs 4 lakh and governors of states to Rs...

1 Feb 2018 2:15 PM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday announced a slew of incentives for senior citizens in the Union Budget 2018. (Photo: PTI/File)

Jaitley announces incentives for senior citizens; Rs 50k interest...

Deduction limit for health insurance and medical expenditure has been raised from Rs 30,000 to Rs 50,000 under Section...

1 Feb 2018 2:14 PM IST

Indian Railways

Budget 2018: World-class trains, better infra, Railways get Rs 1.48L...

New world-class train sets, dedicated freight corridors are coming up and electrification is being taken up as a...

1 Feb 2018 2:10 PM IST

Jaitley promised to provide education holistically without segmentation from pre-nursery to Class-12 and move from black board to digital board. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Budget 2018: Education cess raised to 4 pc; no segmentation in schools

Jaitley proposed to launch a scheme to revitalise research-based education with Rs 1 lakh crore in the next four years.

1 Feb 2018 2:10 PM IST