(PTI) Finance Minister Piyush Goyal Friday said Rs 3 lakh crore have been recovered from big corporate loan defaulters. Presenting the Interim Budget for 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha, Goyal said, “We have stopped the culture of phone banking”. He was referring to allegations of giving of “rampant loans over the phone” during the UPA regime. Goyal, stepped in as interim finance minister after Arun Jaitley had to fly to New York for medical treatment, further said Bank of India, Oriental Bank of Commerce and Bank of Maharashtra have been removed from the PCA (prompt corrective action) framework of the RBI. “I hope other…
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(PTI) The Key Benefits of the Union Budget 2019 are as follows:- *75 pc of women beneficiaries under Mudra Yojana, 26 weeks’ maternity leave and Pradhan Mantri Matritva Yojana are all empowering women *Out of 8 cr free LPG connections under Ujjwala, 6 cr connections to poor women have already been provided *Ujjwala Yojana providing free cooking gas connection is a remarkable success story. *More than 70 per cent of MUDRA yojana beneficiaries are women *Gratuity limit increased from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 30 lakh *High growth, formalisation of economy has resulted in increased EPFO membership by 2 cr…
(FE) The Narendra Modi government is pegged to miss the budgeted fiscal deficit target of 3.3% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the financial year 2018-19 by a modest 10 basis points. While presenting the last budget before the crucial Lok Sabha polls, Finance Minister Piyush Goya said that the fiscal deficit target of FY19 has been revised to 3.4%. At 3.4%, the revised fiscal deficit target for FY19 is lower than 3.5% recorded in the previous year. “Fiscal deficit has been brought down to 3.4% in the revised estimate of 2018-19,” Goyal said in his maiden Budget speech.
(AU) बजट 2019: अब तक के यह हुए बड़े एलान:- गर्भवती सरकारी महिलाओं के लिए 26 हफ्ते की मैटरनिटी लीव। सैलरी क्लास को बड़ा तोहफा, पीएफ खाताधारकों को मिलेगा 6 लाख का बीमा। 10 करोड़ मजदूरों को 7 हजार रुपये का बोनस, 21 हजार से कम वालों को मिलेगा लाभ। एक हजार रुपये की न्यूनतम पेंशन राशि। 20 लाख हुई ग्रैच्यूटी की सीमा, पहले मिलता था 10 लाख रुपये। राष्ट्रीय गोकुल योजना के लिए 750 करोड़ रुपये का प्रावधान। गायों के लिए राष्ट्रीय कामधेनू योजना हरियाणा में 22वां एम्स खुलने जा रहा है। कमर तोड़ महंगाई की कमर तोड़ दी,…
(FE) A new pension scheme for domestic workers with assured return of Rs 3,000 on the lines of Atal Pension Yojana has been announced in the budget. A 29 year old domestic worker can enter into the scheme by paying Rs 100 per month. Govt provides Rs 500 crore the pension scheme for domestic workers.
(LiveMint) Piyush Goyal announces PM Kisan scheme to support poor farmers’ incomes Poor farmers to get ₹6,000 per year under PM Kisan scheme PM Kisan to transfer cash directly to farmers under PM Kisan scheme Farmers up to 2 hectare of land to come under PM Kisan scheme Poor farmers to get cash in three equal installments under PM Kisan scheme
(DJ) केंद्रीय मंत्री पीयूष गोयल ने कहा है कि किसानों की आमदनी दोगुनी हुई है और सरकार 2022 तक सरकार सबको घर देगी। उन्होंने यह भी कहा कि हम सबसे तेजी से बढ़ने वाली अर्थव्यवस्था बने हैं। गोयल ने कहा कि देश के संसाधनों पर पहला हक गरीबों का है। हमने गांव की आत्मा को बरकरार रखते हुए वहां पर भी शहरों जैसी सुविधाएं दी हैं। गोयल ने कहा कि देश के संसाधनों पर पहला हक गरीबों का है। हमने गांव की आत्मा को बरकरार रखते हुए वहां पर भी शहरों जैसी सुविधाएं दी हैं। गोयल ने कहा कि शैक्षिक संस्थाओं में…
(PTI) L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering, a wholly-owned subsidiary of engineering major Larsen & Toubro, said it has won two orders from Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL). “The engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) contracts are for setting up mono ethylene glycol (MEG) plant and ethylene recovery unit (ERU)…at IOCL Paradip Refinery (Odisha),” Larsen & Toubro said in a BSE filing. Both the projects, awarded through international competitive bidding, are on lump sum turn key basis and shall be executed concurrently, the company added.
The Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs has approved the construction of another 4,78,670 more affordable houses for the benefit of urban poor under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban). The approval was given in the 42ndmeeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee held here yesterday.The cumulative number of houses sanctioned under PMAY(U) now is 72,65,763. Andhra Pradesh has been sanctioned 1,05,956 houses while the sanction for West Bengal is 1,02,895 houses. The number of houses sanctioned for Uttar Pradesh is 91,689, while Tamil Nadu has been sanctioned 68,110. Madhya Pradesh has been sanctioned 35,377 houses and the sanction for…
(DJ) केंद्रीय कैबिनेट ने अंतरिम बजट को औपचारिक मंजूरी दे दी है। अब से कुछ ही देर में आम आदमी की उम्मीदों का पिटारा खुलेगा। केंद्रीय मंत्री पीयूष गोयल 11 बजे अंतरिम बजट पेश करेंगे। इस बजट से मिडिल क्लास और किसानों को बड़ी राहत मिलने की उम्मीद है। यह वर्तमान सरकार का अंतिम बजट है।