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Total bad loans had risen 5.8 per cent in July-December period last year. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

Budget 2019: 15.56 lakh loans sanctioned under Mudra scheme, says...

More than 70 per cent of Mudra yojna beneficiaries were women, said Interim Finance Minister, P.Goyal.

1 Feb 2019 2:12 PM IST

Normally, the deadline to file your income tax returns is July 31 every year. This year, as it often does, the government extended the deadline to August 31.

Budget 2019: Direct tax collection goes to Rs 12 lakh crore from Rs...

Presenting the Budget for 2019-20, Finance Minister Goyal said that nearly 99.54 per cent returns have been accepted...

1 Feb 2019 1:54 PM IST

This initiative comes as a part of the Railways drive to go green as it also aims at boosting the nations sugarcane industry.. (Photo: PTI | Representational)

Budget 2019: Railways gets Rs 1.58 lakh cr, highest ever for national...

No railway fare hike was announced in the Railway Budget for 2019.

1 Feb 2019 1:53 PM IST

The Income Tax Department has detected undisclosed income of over Rs 10,000 crore in fiscal 2017-18, thus recording a 20 per cent surge over the previous fiscal.

Budget 2019: Direct tax collection shoots up to Rs 12L cr from Rs 6.38...

GST collections in January 2019 has crossed Rs 1 lakh crore.

1 Feb 2019 1:43 PM IST

Ten years after 26/11, the Indian Navy coordinated the largest-ever coastal defence exercise off the Indian coast on 22-23 January 2019, codenamed Sea Vigil.

Defence budget will be increased to over Rs 3 lakh crore says Piyush...

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday announced an increase in defence budget.

1 Feb 2019 1:34 PM IST

Finance Minister Goyal said: On behalf of all the people of India and our Government, thank all our taxpayers for their valuable contribution to nation-building and for providing a better quality of life to poor and marginalised. (Photo: ANI)

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.

1 Feb 2019 1:29 PM IST

In 2015, 3,266 farmers committed suicide in the state.

Goyal announces 2 pc interest subvention for farmers hit by natural...

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

1 Feb 2019 12:50 PM IST

The shipping ministry on Thursday signed a new wage settlement pact with employees at state-run ports, under which workers will get a 10.6 per cent hike, which will cost the ministry Rs 560 crore per year.

FM announces pension for informal workers, hikes tax-free gratuity to...

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

1 Feb 2019 12:41 PM IST

Goyal also rejected the suggestion that the Congress has used the issue of alleged corruption in the Rafale deal to create a perception against the prime minister. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

10 lakh patients treated under Ayushman Bharat scheme says Piyush...

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said 10 lakh patients have been treated so far under the Ayushman Bharat scheme.

1 Feb 2019 12:39 PM IST

98 per cent rural sanitation coverage achieved, Interim Finance Minister Piyush Goyal said. (Phto File: Ani Twitter)

Union Budget: Here's what's good and bad

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

1 Feb 2019 12:39 PM IST

A private radio channel in UP has decided to follow the initiative launched earlier this year in New York and Montreal to draw attention towards potholed roads. This can be termed as a Gandhigiri of sorts.

Road construction trebled under PMGSY: Piyush Goyal

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

1 Feb 2019 12:30 PM IST

The retail inflation which is based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 2.33 per cent in November and 5.21 per cent in December 2017.

Govt broke the back of high inflation: Piyush Goyal

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

1 Feb 2019 12:12 PM IST