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The budget does not address the crisis of demand | Opinion

The decline in consumption demand, especially in rural India, is a matter of pressing concern. But the budget may have made the problem worse with cuts in allocation. Instead, it should have streamlined public finance management systems and re-prioritised expenditure

Updated on Feb 1, 2020, 10:24 PM IST

The budget is insipid. It won’t revive the economy | Opinion

On February 1, the finance minister stood up in Parliament to give the nation a three-hour lecture on India’s prosperity in the “Sindhu Saraswati” civilisation

Published on Feb 1, 2020, 10:19 PM IST

Decoding Budget 2020 | HT Editorial

For an FM to admit that nominal growth in 2020-21 would likely be 10% is a clear admission that there are headwinds to growth

Updated on Feb 1, 2020, 10:20 PM IST

The budget is brave. It will boost sentiment, growth | Opinion

Overall, this is a brave and balanced budget that will boost investors’ sentiments and restore the economic growth momentum

Updated on Feb 2, 2020, 12:08 PM IST

In 15 stories, Union Budget 2020-21 summarised for you

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman arrives at Parliament to present the Union Budget 2020-21 in the Lok Sabha, in New Delhi on Saturday.

Updated on Feb 1, 2020, 8:13 PM IST

In Budget 2020-21, PM Modi’s Swachh Bharat scheme gets 28% hike in allocation

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman underlined that the NDA government will continue to push for the next phase after its initial target of making India open defecation free (ODF). The ODF Plus will focus on better waste management to ensure higher levels of cleanliness.

Updated on Feb 1, 2020, 7:37 PM IST

Union Budget 2020 strengthens minimum government, maximum governance: PM Modi

Narendra Modi hailed the Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, calling it visionary.

Updated on Feb 1, 2020, 5:46 PM IST

National Recruitment Agency for all computer based exams soon: Budget 2020

People watching budget by finance minister, at road side showroom in Patna on Saturday.

Published on Feb 1, 2020, 5:26 PM IST

In Budget 2020-21, health sector allocations witness 8% jump

The government thinktank Niti Aayog’s proposal to allow private players to run medical colleges attached to District Hospitals under the public private partnership (PPP) model also found mention in the finance minister’s speech.

Updated on Feb 1, 2020, 4:56 PM IST

News updates from Hindustan Times at 5 PM: In Union Budget 2020, Centre slashes MGNREGS fund by Rs 9,000 crore and all the latest news at this hour

Taxi drivers watch live telecast of the Union Budget session 2020, in Chennai.

Updated on Feb 1, 2020, 4:57 PM IST

‘Between 1 and 0’: Chidambaram rates Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget

Congress leader P Chidambaram addressing a press conference on the Union Budget at party headquarters on Saturday.

Updated on Sep 6, 2020, 9:02 PM IST

Budget 2020: Govt tweaks Income Tax Act for non-resident Indians

Revenue Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey at the post-Budget press conference in Delhi on Saturday.

Published on Feb 1, 2020, 4:29 PM IST

Sitharaman gave longest-ever Budget speech, but had to cut it short

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman arrives to presents the Union Budget 2020-21 in the Lok Sabha on Saturday.

Updated on Feb 1, 2020, 4:44 PM IST

Budget 2020: Govt to launch scheme for exporters to reimburse state levies this year

The move assumes significance as merchandise export from India scheme (MEIS) was not in compliance with global trade rules.

Published on Feb 1, 2020, 1:44 PM IST

New income tax slabs: How Sitharaman’s Budget announcement impacts your pocket

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on her way to present the Budget in Parliament on Saturday.

Updated on Feb 1, 2020, 1:39 PM IST

Budget 2020: Nirmala Sitharaman allocates Rs 4400 cr for clean air

Many of India’s coal-fired power plants are highly polluting.

Updated on Feb 1, 2020, 1:29 PM IST

Budget 2020: FM Nirmala Sitharaman announces more Tejas-style trains

The government is actively tracking the completion of India’s first bullet train project between Mumbai and Ahmedabad on time and there will also be a suburban rail project for Bengaluru, she added. (HT Photo)

Updated on Feb 1, 2020, 12:54 PM IST

100 more airports by 2025 to support UDAN scheme: Nirmala Sitharaman in Budget speech

An Air India plane takes off.

Updated on Feb 1, 2020, 12:40 PM IST

Budget 2020: Govt to bring new education policy, national police and forensic universities

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, holding a folder containing the Union Budget documents, poses for photographers along with her deputy Anurag Thakur and a team of officials, outside the Ministry of Finance, North Block in New Delhi, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020.

Updated on Feb 1, 2020, 12:30 PM IST

New education policy soon, Rs 99,300 crore allocated for sector in Budget 2020: Nirmala Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her Budget speech, said that the government will announce a new education policy soon.

Updated on Feb 1, 2020, 12:22 PM IST

Budget 2020: Kashmiri poet quoted by FM Nirmala Sitharaman is iconic Dina Nath Kaul

FM Nirmala Sitharaman. (ANI Photo )

Updated on Feb 1, 2020, 12:42 PM IST

In 16-point action plan, Sitharaman talks about doubling farmers’ income in Budget speech

The live telecast of Budget 2020 speech of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Saturday.

Updated on Feb 1, 2020, 12:56 PM IST

Budget 2020: Nirmala Sitharaman hails GST, says average household saves 4% per month

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman delivering her Budget speech.

Published on Feb 1, 2020, 11:50 AM IST

ZEE5 showcases a future-forward approach to Budget 2020

ZEE5 showcases a future-forward approach to Budget 2020

Updated on Feb 1, 2020, 11:29 AM IST

Budget 2020: Nirmala Sitharaman’s daughter in Parliament to hear her speak

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s family including her daughter Parakala Vangmayi arrive in Parliament. (ANI photo)

Updated on Feb 1, 2020, 11:18 AM IST

‘Budget will tell us how much BJP cares for Delhi’: Arvind Kejriwal takes a jibe

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal addresses a press conference on January 30.

Updated on Feb 1, 2020, 10:43 AM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s ‘bahi khata’ makes a comeback as she gets ready to present her second Budget

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with her team and bahi khata ahead of presenting the Budget.

Updated on Sep 22, 2020, 6:38 PM IST

Union Budget 2020 highlights| All tax exemptions will be removed gradually: Nirmala Sitharaman

Union Budget 2020 highlights| All tax exemptions will be removed gradually: Nirmala Sitharaman

Updated on Feb 1, 2020, 8:25 PM IST

Tax revenue, disinvestment target: Experts shed light on focus areas of Budget

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with MoS Finance Anurag Thakur during a photo up ahead of the Union Budget 2019 - 2020 at South Block, in New Delhi, India, on Friday, January 31, 2020.

Updated on Feb 1, 2020, 7:08 AM IST

Budget 2020 can be ‘largely neutral for growth, inflation’, says economist

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to outline fiscal steps that may include higher spending in rural areas and possible tax cuts when she delivers her second budget speech in New Delhi.

Updated on Feb 1, 2020, 2:12 AM IST

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