Budget will be presented in Parliament in early 2020; people joining now will find it difficult to pick up
FM Sitharaman also hit out at the Narendra Modi government for revoking the Overseas Citizen of India status of writer Atish Taseer
The slab rationalisation exercise will cost the exchequer Rs 70,000-80,000 crore
Officials say there have been discussions on whether the treatment given to J&K will be unfair to Delhi and Puducherry
If taxes fall short, it should not be covered up
Steps to encourage implementation of technology & its tools in Indian agriculture are positive
Modi government plans to bring companies that derive revenues from Indian users but pay taxes elsewhere into the corporate tax net
PM Narendra Modi hailed Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's maiden Budget as a 10-year vision. Here are the key takeaways of Budget 2019
Listen to this podcast for the key announcements on personal tax and sectors by the finance minister and how it impacts your pocket.
The finance minister's revenue efforts represent a mix of progressive taxation, dipping into the petroleum sector for collecting more taxes and growing protectionism
Sitharaman was seen carrying the red cloth wrapped budget papers that was neatly bound with the auspicious yellow and red ribbon
Expectations are high from the Budget, given that Prime Minister Narendra Modi came back to power following a bigger mandate than his first term
On July 5, Sitharaman makes her first major public appearance in her new role, presenting India's budget at a time when she's under pressure to spend more to reinvigorate the economy
In January-March, annual growth slumped to 5.8%, the slowest pace in 20 quarters. Growth for the financial year that ended in March was 6.8%, also a five-year low
There's growing expectations that the government will do an accounting sleight of hand to keep its deficit in check: borrow via state-owned firms and issue special bonds
Around 60% of economists, 21 of 37, who answered an additional question about the focus of the budget said it would be more on fiscal expansion than prudence
New FM has multiple pressures to balance when drafting Budget