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Budget 2019: India won't become a superpower with these allocations

Only 3.4% of total federal spending was budgeted for education - down from 3.74% the previous year and from 4.3% when Modi took over in 2014

Kushner, top US officials to address India-centric business conference

The move comes close on the heels of the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump in Japan last month

No 'Big Bang', it's a pro-growth and pro-entrepreneurship Budget

Will Modi 2.0 prove to be an exception after having achieved such a decisive mandate?

Budget 2019: UDAY to be reviewed, new power tariff reforms on anvil

This is the first time in years that a finance minister has announced several reforms to reduce consumer electricity tariff

Budget 2019 will pave the way for 'new India', says PM Narendra Modi

PM Modi stressed the Budget was devoted to empowering the downtrodden

Budget highlights: Super rich to be taxed more, fuel tax increases

PM Narendra Modi hailed Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's maiden Budget as a 10-year vision. Here are the key takeaways of Budget 2019

Govt may enhance start-up fund to Rs 20,000 cr in Budget 2019: Sources

Even the Economic Survey which was presented on Thursday highligthed the importance of the segment

How Modi 2.0 Budget impacts your pocket: A quick view in just 5 minutes

Listen to this podcast for the key announcements on personal tax and sectors by the finance minister and how it impacts your pocket.

Budget 2019: Fiscally responsible with a reforms thrust, but protectionist

The finance minister's revenue efforts represent a mix of progressive taxation, dipping into the petroleum sector for collecting more taxes and growing protectionism

Budget 2019: FM eases sourcing local norms, opens doors to Apple Stores

Aiming to attract big players, single-brand retail firms may be permitted to open online stores before setting up brick-and-mortar shops if they bring in over $200 mn FDI

Modi 2.0 seeks to reverse weakening growth, investment with Budget 2019

Modi has set a target of growing India into a $5 trillion economy by 2024-2025 from $2.7 trillion

Modi 2.0 Cabinet: Piyush Goyal, the policy hawk who walks the talk

Under Goyal, Railway Ministry increased the pace of infrastructure projects including track renewal and electrification. He was the architect of the communications blitzkrieg that made Modi PM in 2014

Govt's new move to revive discoms: Install 300 mn smart meters in 3 years

As part of the plan, the federal government is mulling providing subsidies to partially cover the costs

Story in numbers: In Modi govt 2.0, 22 ministers face criminal cases

Here is a checklist of comparisons between the Union council of ministers of the NDA governments in 2014 and 2019

Modi 2.0: Groups of secretaries formed for each sector for quick results

The cabinet secretary has made operational this sectoral approach for secretaries, which will be a regular feature of the government

LS polls 2019: India's giant Modi wave - why the world didn't see it coming

It was all enough to get many voters to give Modi another chance to improve a troubled big picture

Modi's new team ready to face a host of issues

Falling private sector investment and farm distress are problems that call for immediate attention

Ficci hails govt's decision to extend PM-KISAN scheme to all farmers

The industry body also congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a new pension scheme for five crore farmers as one of the first decisions of his new administration

Rajnath Singh takes over as Defence Minister succeeding Nirmala Sitharaman

Rajnath Singh earlier held the Home ministry portfolio

Modi 2.0: A raw deal for southern states in ministerial allocations?

Congress's TN president K S Alagiri said the exclusion could be only construed as boycott of not only AIADMK but Tamil Nadu as well