Congress' Manish Tewari claims Budget leak to media houses

‘Government sources have been sending budget pointers to media houses,’ Congress spokesperson Manish Tiwari said.

Budget 2019: FM Piyush Goyal says no tax on income up to Rs 5 lakh

Around 3 crore middle-class taxpayers will get tax exemption due to this measure.

The 30-share Sensex was trading 506.21 points, or 1.40 per cent, higher at 36,762.90.

Government has fixed MSP for 22 notified crops at 50 per cent higher than cost of production.

The scheme will provide assured monthly pension of Rs 3,000, with contribution of 100 rupees per month.

Goyal presented Budget in a last ditch bid to woo the electorate with several popular measures.

As many as 1.53 crore houses were constructed during 2014-18 under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana.

Goyal said during the previous UPA government (2009-14), inflation averaged as high as 10.1 per cent.

Rs 20,000 crore have been provided for current fiscal and also announced allocation of Rs 75,000 crore for the next fiscal.

A full-fledged Budget will be presented in Parliament once the new Central government is formed after the General Elections.