union budget 2018-19
Budget 2018-19: More sleight of hand
The government has announced that it will fund eight crore new stoves and cylinders on getting a gas connection.
Finally, rural India gets some attention
Jaitley’s real game-changer was the National Health Protection Scheme, covering 10 crore poor families or 50 crore people.
A tame exercise: Has govt run out of steam?
The Make in India, Start-Up India, Digital India and Skill India programmes seem to have fallen by the wayside.
Budget strikes the right note, it’s realistic & well-balanced
The Budget offers a bold agricultural and rural thrust to give a stimulus to equity and economic growth.
Budget 2018: Govt officially announces it intends to privatise Air India
The words “strategic privatisation” were used for Air India by finance minister Arun Jaitley in his Budget speech.
Fiscal deficit will overshoot to 3.5 per cent, says Arun Jaitley
The difference between total revenue and total expenditure of the government is termed fiscal deficit.
Budget 2018: Largest universal health cover sans allocation announced
The government has a Rashtriya Swastya Bima Yojana which provides a cover of Rs 30,000 per family.
Budget will uplift Dalits, farmers, tribals, says PM Modi
The Prime Minister said that benefits mentioned in the budget must reach to the people and the sector they are aimed for.
Budget 2018: Rs 5.97 lakh crore boost to infra, 99 cities to ‘turn’ smart
For Indian Railways, Jaitley said the government has allocated capital expenditure of Rs 1,48,528 crore for 2018-19.
India’s digital push evident in Union Budget
Industry observers say it indicates the government’s political push towards making India a digital economy.