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CONGRESS ON BUDGET 2018
From 3 days to 35: Where the 2025 shutdown ranks in America's historyAmerica's federal government has faced several shutdowns due to budget disputes. The longest recorded was 35 days in 2018-2019. Other signi...
Budget an 'account of votes', not vote on account: ChidambaramThe senior Congress leader claimed that the government had missed the fiscal deficit target, as warned by him earlier.
Congress feels sidelined as ‘JDS Budget’ talks pick upCM HD Kumaraswamy is reportedly holding pre-budget meetings without involving deputy CM G Parameshwar, representing Congress in the coaliti...
Punjab brings new tax for salaried class, budget focuses on fiscal consolidationThe budget's key focus areas remained agriculture and farmer welfare, industry, health, employees and students.
Delhi govt allocates Rs 257 crore for information & publicityThe budgetary allocation last year under the head was around Rs 198 crore, which was later revised to around Rs 196 crore.
In a balacing act, Gujarat budget focuses on farmers, jobless youthThe budget has allocated an additional Rs 41,553 crore more for developmental spends at Rs 1,11,565 crore in FY19, while non-development ex...
Recent market crash not related to LTCG tax: Arun JaitleyThe FM said the exempted income from LTCG last year stood at Rs 3.67 lakh crore.
Opposition tried to manufacture issue where none existed: JaitleyThere is a huge opportunity in a systematic manner to discuss all political and economic issues this week, the finance minister said.
Centre to double Minor Forest Produce numbers for a guaranteed MSPIn a move that could directly benefit 5 crore tribals across India, the government would increase the number of MFPs from the current 24 to...
The budget signals a shift in BJP's focus — from protecting its voter base to wooing Congress votersSince most of the garib and all of the kisan live in rural India, and that is where the Gujarat elections rang alarm bells, the focus on bo...
Budget 'deeply disappointing', lacked accountability: Cong's Anand SharmaThe Cong leader also hit out at Modi for cashing in on the idea that whatever was happening in the country was "for the first time".
P Chidambaram should not be taken seriously: JP NaddaChidambaram yesterday said that the promise of Rs 5 lakh per family for secondary and tertiary healthcare was a "big jumla". "The target gr...
Scheme with no money is like flying a kite with no string: P ChidambaramCongress party's veteran leader took a swipe at the newly launched National Health Protection Scheme, touted as the world's biggest healthc...
Congress sees political self-goals in Budget 2018The rural thrust in the last full Budget of this government, say Congress leaders, is nothing but acceptance of rural distress that require...
Rahul Gandhi: Just one more year of NDA govt left, "thankfully"The Congress chief hit out at the ruling party saying it came out with fancy schemes during its tenure but failed on the job creation front.
Budget is defeatist, a big letdown: CongressGovernment's budgetary promise of providing insurance coverage of up to Rs 5 lakh to 10 crore poor families being touted as a "big jumla".
Government to examine Rs 5 lakh tax exemption proposal for pensionersThe letter, dated November 14, said that a pensioner who is above 80 years is not required to pay tax if the total income, including pensio...