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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

Healthcares latest buzz word is personalised medicine. (Photo: Pixabay)

Union Budget 2018 unveils healthcare for 500 million of India's...

The government currently provides 30,000 rupees towards healthcare for poor families.

1 Feb 2018 2:08 PM IST

Govt to soon announce steps to tackle NPAs of MSMEs: Jaitley

MUDRA Yojana launched in April 2015 has led to a sanction of Rs 4.6 lakh crore in credit to some 10.38 lakh MUDRA loans.

1 Feb 2018 1:46 PM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday once again hinted that there is scope for lesser slabs under the Goods and Services Tax. Photo: ANI| Twitter

Union Budget 2018: Govt misses fiscal deficit target; higher at 3.5...

Fiscal deficit has a bearing on sovereign rating of the country as well as the debt market.

1 Feb 2018 1:19 PM IST

The Bitcoin concept will help in promoting a cashless society. The crypto currency model can be used for groups involved in microfinance projects under the Development of Women and Children in Rural Area, for better accountability

Cryptocurrencies not legal, will eliminate their use: Jaitley

RBI has not given any licence to any entity/company to operate such currencies.

1 Feb 2018 12:43 PM IST