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Tuesday, December 23, 2025
TopicBudget 2019

Topic: Budget 2019

Piyush Goyal’s big sop for middle class — full tax rebate for income up to Rs 5 lakh

The standard deduction limit has been increased to Rs 50,000 in the interim budget, as has the TDS limit on bank and post office deposits.

In Piyush Goyal’s budget, demonetisation is back to being all about black money

Finance minister says demonetisation led to one crore people filing I-T returns and helped agencies detect and de-register over 3 lakh shell companies.

Govt doubles tax exemption for the middle class man

In the interim budget presentation, finance minister Piyush Goyal increased the tax exemption from Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 5 lakh.

Defence budget crosses Rs 3 lakh crore, but lowest ever with respect to GDP

While Pakistan and China are focussing on modernising their armament, India’s own modernisation process could suffer because of the small increase in budget.

Informal sector gets yet another pension scheme

Budget allocates Rs 500 crore for scheme that will provide Rs 3,000 as monthly pension for people with monthly income of Rs 15,000.

Govt’s final move to appease farmers — Rs 6,000 every year for those with 2-hectare plots

The income support scheme announced by Piyush Goyal in the interim budget has similarities with Telangana’s Rythu Bandhu and Odisha’s Kalia schemes.

Budget 2019: The rise in funding for MGNREGA, charted

Despite PM Modi terming MGNREGA as a 'UPA failure', his govt has allocated Rs 60,000 crore in the interim budget — the highest ever for the scheme.

On Camera

Epstein files and what it means for the American anger against elites

All academic institutions, it is at Harvard, the richest and perhaps the most powerful academic institution in the world, that Epstein’s ties appear to have flourished most.

To meet fund crunch, Karnataka to auction plots in Bengaluru, raise Rs 4,000 crore

Siddaramaiah govt’s five schemes strain finances as GST changes hit revenues; debt to jump nearly Rs 80,000 crore. State also plans to auction liquor licences & extend bar timings.

Turkiye delivers second MILGEM-class corvette Khaibar to Pakistan Navy, two others in making

Contract for construction of four MILGEM-class ships was signed in 2018. PNS Bedir is to be delivered by June 2026, while PNS Tariq is due for delivery in first quarter of 2027.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.