Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath takes on opposition during Buget session
News | February 11, 2019 16:45 ISTUttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath takes on opposition during Buget session
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath takes on opposition during Buget session
Speaking in Lok Sabha, PM Modi attacked the opposition Congress, alleging that those who imposed Emergency, 'bullied' the judiciary and insulted the Army were accusing him of destroying institutions.
This will be the third budget of the Yogi Adityanath government.
The Samajwadi Party, the BSP and the Congress have chalked out their strategies for nailing down the government on major issues of public interest.
Delhi Congress chief Sheila Dikshit slammed the Interim Budget presented on Friday as "high on rhetoric, low on content" and disappointing.
In an apparent reference to the raging controversy over jobs, Jaitley wondered how the Indian economy can grow at an average of 7.5 per cent in the last five years without any job creation.
Terming the Union Budget the "final jumla" of the Narendra Modi government, AAP national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said it has disappointed the city.
The government will borrow Rs 4.48 lakh crore from the market in 2019-20, marginally higher than the Rs 4.47 lakh crore estimated for the current financial year ending March 2019.
For every rupee in the government coffer, 70 paise will come from direct and indirect taxes, while the government will spend 23 paise towards state's share of taxes and duties.
Consumer electronics and appliances industry players on Friday said demand for white goods is expected to increase following measure announced to help farmers and middle class in the Union Budget.
For the first time, budgetary provisions for the Home Ministry has crossed the Rs 1-lakh crore mark and is pegged at over Rs 1,03,000 crore for the next fiscal, with special emphasis on improving border infrastructure of police forces.
The government on Friday increased the sports budget by Rs 214.20 crore for the financial year 2019-2020, including a hike in funds for the Sports Authority of India (SAI) and incentives for sportspersons.
The government on Friday proposed to allocate Rs 60,000 crore for rural employment scheme under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) for the year 2019-20.
Terming the interim Budget "historic", Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said it is aimed at strengthening the economy and will benefit all sections of society.
The Centre on Friday allocated Rs 1,112 crore for Delhi in the Union Budget, while keeping its share in central taxes and duties unchanged.
Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday announced launch of Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Mandhan (PMSYM) scheme to provide unorganised workers an assured monthly pension of Rs 3,000 after 60 years of age.
Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said the country is poised to become a USD 5-trillion economy in the next five years and aspires to become a USD 10-trillion economy in the next 8 years thereafter.
The government will start a national centre for artificial intelligence (AI) and turn one lakh villages into 'digital villages' in a bid to harness new age-technologies for citizens' benefit, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday.
The Interim Budget for the 2019-20 fiscal was laid down in the Rajya Sabha on Friday, following which the Upper House was adjourned till Monday.
Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said the NDA government has conducted transparent auction of natural resources including coal and has "walked the talk".
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