Lok Sabha clears Finance Bill, Piyush Goyal says tax proposals aimed at poor and middle class

Goyal said the tax collection had increased over the last five years, allowing the government to allocate more funds for deprived sections.

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· Feb 12, 2019 · 08:34 pm

Budget 2019 passed in Lok Sabha after Congress, NCP and CPI(M) walk out

The Narendra Modi government’s Budget was severely criticised for announcing several welfare schemes despite being presented in an election year.

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· Feb 11, 2019 · 07:32 pm

‘Sop Opera’ and ‘Mother of all election Budgets’: What front pages said about Budget 2019

Newspapers across the country highlighted these welfare schemes in the Budget, especially in an election year.

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· Feb 02, 2019 · 12:22 pm

Budget 2019 in cartoons: Modi government’s proposals mocked as election promises

Most sketches mocked the government’s tax rebate for those earning up to Rs 5 lakh, especially when reports have claimed unemployment is at a 45-year-high.

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· Feb 02, 2019 · 11:28 am

Budget 2019 caps Modi’s shift to welfare populism. What happened to minimum government?

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal broke convention to present a full budget packed with major welfare schemes.

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· Feb 01, 2019 · 09:43 pm

Budget 2019: New pension scheme a ‘repackaged version’ of Atal Pension Yojana

Under the new scheme, workers in the unorganised sector will get Rs 3,000 per month.

Vijayta Lalwani

· Feb 01, 2019 · 08:16 pm

Budget 2019: Centre to set up Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog for welfare of cows

The interim budget presented on Friday increased the allocation to the Rashtriya Gokul Mission scheme to Rs 750 crore.

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· Feb 01, 2019 · 07:28 pm

Budget 2019 doesn’t provide enough funds to implement 10% upper caste reservation

Allocation for central universities has been raised by just Rs 105.9 crore, point out teachers.

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· Feb 01, 2019 · 06:53 pm

Budget 2019 is just a ‘trailer’, tax rebate will strengthen the middle class, say BJP leaders

Party president Amit Shah said the Budget would benefit all sections of the society.

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· Feb 01, 2019 · 06:13 pm

Budget 2019: Congress has never bothered about farmers, Piyush Goyal tells ANI

The interim finance minister dismissed Opposition leaders’ claims that the budget was presented with an eye on the Lok Sabha elections.

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· Feb 01, 2019 · 05:45 pm

Budget 2019: SAI, Khelo India gain as sports budget increases by over Rs 200 crore

The significant gainers are Sports Authority of India, National Sports Development Fund and the corpus meant for giving incentives to sportspersons.

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· Feb 01, 2019 · 04:33 pm

Budget 2019: Congress calls it an election manifesto, says giving farmers Rs 17 a day is an insult

Mamata Banerjee said the Budget had no value as the government’s term would soon end, while Arvind Kejriwal called it the BJP-led Centre’s ‘final gimmick’.

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· Feb 01, 2019 · 03:56 pm