Amid concerns that lower funds had been earmarked for the PM-Kisan scheme, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar hailed the Budget 2020 saying adequate fund to the tune of Rs 1.60 lakh crore has been allocated for agriculture and its allied sector

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her second union budget with an aim to revive the economy and speed up growth amid global slowdown. Here's a quick guide as to what Budget has brought for the Electric Vehicles makers and consumers.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today presented the Budget for financial year 2020-21 in Lok Sabha. Sitharaman announced cuts in personal income tax, extended tax benefits for affordable housing and gave relief to companies on payment of dividend in the Union Budget as the government looked to boost consumption to bring the economy out of the slowdown. 

The northeast region has a very high priority in government's developmental agenda, said the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday, stressing upon that the government will to ensure smooth access to financial assistance from funding agencies.  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday unveiled several reforms across the banking sector, financial markets and infrastructure financing. 

The first full-time woman Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget in Parliament on Saturday. In this budget, the Finance Minister proposed ₹ 28,600 allocation for programs that were specific to women.

After slashing income tax rates for individuals on condition that they give up exemptions and deductions, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the government intends to remove all I-T exemptions in the long run.

Slamming budget 2020, Shiv Sena leader Kishore Tiwari termed finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman's 16-point action plan for agriculture in Budget just an eyewash.

Remembered as Scotsman James Wilson, the popular economist introduced the first Budget of Independent India in 1860, and it looked very different then. In 2020 now, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Budget 2020 in Lok Sabha.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday laid budget documents and demand for grants for the next financial year in Rajya Sabha. As the House met after the presentation of the budget in Lok Sabha, Sitharaman laid a statement of the estimated receipts and expenditure of the Government for the year 2020-21.  

As the Budget presentation advanced, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman threw light on products and commodities that will now cost less. As finance minister, this was the second budget presentation by Sitharaman and this was also the second budget since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power for a second term.

As the Budget presentation advanced, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman threw light on things that will now be costlier. As finance minister, this was the second budget presentation by Sitharaman and this was also the second budget since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power for a second term.

Finance Minister Sitharaman cuts her Union Budget 2020 after feeling unwell towards fag end, reports PTI. Sitharaman was presenting her second Budget for FY 2020-2021 in Parliament. Her blood pressure reportedly fell and she was advised to sit.

Budget 2020: Making a big announcement in her Budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the government will sell a part of its stake in Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) through an Initial Public Offering (IPO). At present, the government owns the entire 100 per cent stake in Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC).

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that concessional withholding rate of 5 percent on interest payment to non-residents extended up to June 30, 2022. 

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that the work on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious 508-km Ahmedabad-Mumbai High Speed train project will be actively pursued and also said that it will set up 'Kisan Rail' through public private partnership (PPP) for transportation of perishable goods.

Power plants with emissions above prescribed limits will be asked to close down, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday. Presenting the Budget for 2020-21, she said India's commitment towards tackling climate change made at Paris conference kick starts from January 1, 2021.

Fiscal deficit is pegged at 3.8 percent in current fiscal and 3.5 percent in the next, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said as she presented Budget 2020 in Parliament. 

Presenting the Budget for 2020-21, Sitharaman said Rs 9,500 crore has been provided for senior citizens and Divyangs, while Rs 35,600 crore has been allocated for nutrition related programme in FY21.

Health Budget 2020: Finanace Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the government has allocated Rs. 69,000 crore to give a boost to the Health sector. Presenting the Budget in the Lok sabha, Sitharaman proposed to expand Jan Aushadhi Kendras in all districts of the country to provide medicines at affordable rates.