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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

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

Meanwhile, Congress MP Rajni Patil gave zero hour notice in Rajya Sabha over the issue of 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament and Assembly. (Photo: ANI)

Union Cabinet approves interim Budget 2019-20

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

1 Feb 2019 11:20 AM IST

Union minister of railways Piyush Goyal at the India Economic Summit 2017 in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

Interim Budget 2019: Highlights

Govt is set to step up rural welfare spending by 16 per cent for the fiscal year beginning April to 1.3 trillion rupees.

1 Feb 2019 9:33 AM IST

The Central government is not the lone torch-bearer of the nations economic growth. The achievements and failures, the contradictions and anomalies are spread out in both the Central and state budgets.

Govt to borrow Rs 4.42 lakh cr in H1 FY2019-20: Economic affairs secy

Economic Affairs Secy Subhash Chandra Garg said government will stick to fiscal deficit target of 3.4 pc of GDP for...

29 March 2019 7:23 PM IST

Subhash Chandra Garg

Govt will meet fiscal deficit target of 3.4 per cent in FY'19:Garg

As per interim Budget 2019-20, the government has pegged fiscal deficit target of 3.4 pc for current fiscal year ending...

8 March 2019 7:14 PM IST

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Direct tax mop-up may fall short of Rs 50,000 cr in FY'19, says...

The shortfall in direct tax mop-up coupled with lower GST realisation may have implications on fiscal deficit.

9 April 2019 5:54 PM IST

As the downward spiral of the rupee continues, its effect will be felt in the government not being able to hold the fiscal deficit, inflation in oil and other imports, the fall of investments made in the stock market and the increased cost to companies in repaying foreign loans.

India meets fiscal deficit target of 3.4 per cent via spending cuts:...

The government missed the tax collections target by over 1 trillion rupees.

9 April 2019 3:11 PM IST

Govt close to meeting fiscal deficit target of 3.4 pc: Garg

The government at many occasions had indicated that there might be some shortfall on indirect taxes collection.

4 April 2019 7:42 PM IST

Indias GDP growth forecast for the current fiscal to 7 per cent from 7.4 per cent.

GDP growth slows to five-year low at 5.8 per cent in January-March

GDP growth during 2018-19 fiscal stood at 6.8 per cent, lower than 7.2 per cent in the previous financial year.

31 May 2019 6:00 PM IST

For FY 18, the fiscal deficit target was supposed to be 3 per cent but it may choose the upper band of 3.5 percent in the Union Budget.

Fiscal deficit lower at 3.39 per cent in 2018-19

Fiscal deficit at the end of March 31, 2019, stood at Rs 6.45 lakh crore as against Rs 6.34 lakh crore.

31 May 2019 5:52 PM IST

Fiscal deficit for the financial year 2016-17 is budgeted at 3.5 per cent.

States' share of market borrowing up at 91 pc in FY19: Report

In FY19, states' budgeted borrowing from the market stood at Rs 4,40,700 crore.

25 May 2019 1:28 PM IST