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Saturday, April 27, 2024
TopicPiyush Goyal

Topic: Piyush Goyal

This is where Modi govt is getting its money from for budget giveaways

Slew of measures in budget will cost exchequer over Rs 94,000 cr, for which govt is banking on higher RBI surplus, better disinvestment and corporate tax.

Metro projects get 25% more in this year’s Housing and Urban Affairs budget

The Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has been allocated Rs 48,000 crore, 17 per cent more than last year's provision.

Modi govt’s 50% cut to pollution control budget invites criticism from environment experts 

The interim budget presented by Piyush Goyal reduced the budget for pollution control to Rs 10 crore for 2019-20 from Rs 20 crore in the last fiscal.

Budget stumps opposition but euphoria in the BJP camp misplaced

The Modi dispensation still has to contend with the lack of jobs narrative and the growing OBC, SC/ST consolidation over the upper caste quota.

After budget, do you save tax or not? The devil lies in the details

If your taxable income is over Rs 5 lakh, the rebate will not apply.

How to pay zero tax on income of upto Rs 10 lakh, thanks to Piyush Goyal’s budget

After today’s interim budget announcement, a person earning upto Rs 10 lakh can pay zero income tax with smart financial management.

In Mumbai’s Sion, old neighbours recall Piyush Goyal the ‘gentle & studious boy’

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal, who presented his maiden budget Friday, spent his childhood in Mumbai's Sion.

Piyush Goyal presents vision for next decade in budget, lists 10 focus areas

From housing to infrastructure, finance minister Piyush Goyal laid the Modi government's vision to carry India forward till 2030.

Finance minister Piyush Goyal proposes to increase TDS on rent income to Rs 2.4 lakh

While presenting this year's budget, Piyush Goyal further proposed to exempt tax on notional rent for unsold units for two years.

Budget 2019: Where the government will earn and spend its rupee

The government's major earnings will come from tax revenue while it will spend the most on devolution to states.

On Camera

Indira, Manmohan, Modi, all raised income inequality. Until Hindu fears took the driving seat

The issue of inequality has assumed the blazing limelight at a time when inequality in India is said to be higher than it was in the British Raj. It's a ripe situation for half-truths and incendiary statements.

Foreign policy resonating among more Indians in 2nd & 3rd tier towns of India, says EAM Jaishankar

Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.