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Topic: Piyush Goyal

Piyush Goyal’s historic tax relief gives purchasing power to middle class, says Jaitley

The relief in income tax effectively strengthens the great Indian middle class whose expansion of purchasing power holds the key for India’s future.

Can 2019 budget revive economy & win back note ban/GST-hit voters or too little, too late?

Acting Finance Minister Piyush Goyal delivered the 2019 interim budget Friday. The budget included several pre-poll promises such as income support for farmers, pension plans...

Winners and Losers: Piyush Goyal’s 2019 interim budget

The Modi administration unveiled an interim budget full of populist goodies for farmers, the middle class and small-and-medium-sized businesses.

Goyal’s budget smartly resists temptation to go overboard on income guarantee

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

My name is Piyush Goyal & I’m not a poet

Presenting his first-ever budget, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal steered clear of rhymes, a helpful tool for his predecessors to liven up the speech.

Chidambaram slams interim budget as ‘account for votes’ and not ‘vote on account’

Taking to Twitter after Piyush Goyal presented the interim budget, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said the NDA missed the fiscal deficit target.

Modi govt gives Railways Rs 1.58 lakh crore in interim budget, the highest ever

Finance minister Piyush Goyal said 2018-2019 has been the safest for the Indian Railways and all unmanned level crossings on the broad gauge network were eliminated.

No other govt has announced such sweeping tax changes in interim budget

Changes to tax structure in Piyush Goyal's budget is unprecedented because an interim budget is only for a short period — for transition between two govts.

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.

On Camera

Every time the Congress thinks it has a ‘revolutionary’ idea, it shoots its own foot

From Sam Pitroda talking about inheritance tax to Goan candidate saying the Indian Constitution was 'forced' on Goa, Congress has been having its own foot-in-the-mouth moments.

JP Morgan CEO praises ‘tough leader’ Modi — ‘has taken 400 million people out of poverty’

Jamie Dimon also lauded India's Aadhaar recognition system, broad availability of banking services & country's 'unbelievable' education system & infrastructure.

Terror commander Masood Azhar resurfaces to launch celeb-style ‘ask me anything’ online service

The announcement, made by JeM’s Maktab-ul-Rabita, or office for communication, comes 2 yrs after Pakistani officials claimed the militant was living under Taliban protection.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.