Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, during a press conference on the Union Budget 2024, announced a simplified approach to taxation aimed at boosting investment, with the average taxation reduced to 12.5 per cent. She also emphasised the need to widen the tax net and highlighted the increase
Budget 2024: Previously, women senior citizens were eligible for a 50 per cent discount on train tickets, while male and transgender senior citizens received a 40 per cent discount.
The Union Budget, also comprising the Railway Budget, will be presented by the Finance Minister on Wednesday, February 1.
The Rail Budget this year will focus on making long-distance travel comfortable, densening the railway network in the poll-bound states and enhancing the connectivity in metro cities as well as the Northeast region.
Railway Budget 2020: Indian Railways, the lifeline of the country and the common man, is expecting big announcements from the Railway Budget 2020. Will trains fare hike? Is one of the biggest questions raised ahead of Budget. Railway Budget 2020 is expected to lay out the roadmap for an investment of Rs 50 lakh crore by 2030 in the Indian Railways network.
Goyal, who is also the Railway minister, said so far 2018-2019 has been the safest for the Indian Railways and all unmanned level crossings on the broad gauge network have been completely eliminated.
Last year, then finance minister Arun Jaitley had allocated an amount of Rs 1.48 lakh crore for the Railways in his budget.
#BudgetWithIndiaTV: Speaking at the India TV Budget Samvaad, the railway minister heaped praises on the Union Budget 2018-19, presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced a capital expenditure of Rs 1.48 lakh crore for the Indian Railways in his Budget 2018 speech, the largest ever.
In his Budget speech, Jaitley said this year, the focus is on strengthening agriculture sector and besides 'ease of doing business', the government is also focusing on 'ease of living' now.
Piyush Goyal comes from a renowned political family of Maharashtra. His father Late Ved Prakash Goyal was a respected BJP leader who served as a Union Minister for shipping in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee cabinet.
Railway Board Chairman Ashwani Lohani that Railways was paying special attention to the development of human resources.
Safety, speed and comfort – the three key priorities of Indian Railways encapsulate the three expectations from the Railway Budget in the financial year 2018-19.
Without giving details on the budget allocation for Railways, Goyal told reporters here that he is “satisfied with whatever has been proposed (in the budget)”.
The parliamentary panel on finance has decided to examine the Cabinet approved merger of Railway Budget with General Budget along with its "ramifications thereof". Putting an end to a 92-year-old practice, the Cabinet had
The parliamentary panel on finance has decided to examine the government’s decision to merge the Railway Budget with General Budget along with its ramifications thereof, a few weeks after it was approved by the Union Cabinet.
Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu has endorsed the recommendation made by Bibek Debroy led panel that called for doing away with the annual practice of presenting a separate Railway Budget.
New Delhi: The Railways plan to use the latest drone and Geo Spatial-based satellite technology for remotely reviewing the physical progress across major projects, which would become operational in the next fiscal.Presenting the Railway Budget
New Delhi: Presenting Railway Budget 2016-17 in Parliament today, Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu announced that all operational halts will be converted into commercial halts, for the convenience of passengers.He also said that, Sarathi Seva was
New Delhi: Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu today proposed, at the Railway Budget 2016-17, three solution sets for reversing the trend of declining modal share of freight trains – expanding the freight basket of Indian Railways,
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