New Delhi : The Government Friday decided to hike the gratuity limit from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 30 lakh and also announced a Mega Pension Yojana under which Rs 3,000 per month will given to unorganised sector employees. Presenting the interim budget for 2019-20, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal […]
Palghar : Tremors measuring 3-3.5 on the Richter scale were experienced Friday in some parts of Palghar district in Maharashtra, an official said. The tremors were felt at 6:58am, 10:03am and 10:29am and were measured at 3.3, 3.5 and 3.0 on the Richter scale respectively, the official said. He […]
Jalaun (UP) : Four people were killed and seven others injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a van here on Friday, police said. The incident took place in Orai area at about 8.30 am, Superintendent of Police Arvind Chaturvedi said. Four occupants of the van, identified […]
New Delhi : In a major relief to the middle-class, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal Friday proposed to double the threshold tax exemption limit to Rs 5 lakh and increased the standard deduction to Rs 50,000 from Rs 40,000. The proposal will benefit 3 crore middle-class tax payers, Goyal said […]
Srinagar : Two Jaish-e-Mohammad militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday, police said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Drabgam area of Pulwama following information about presence of militants in the area, a police official said. […]
New Delhi : The Government on Friday announced Rs 6,000 per year cash support to small and marginal farmers that will cost the exchequer Rs 75,000 crore annually, in a bid to provide relief to distressed farm sector. Under the scheme called Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, Rs 6,000 […]
Mumbai : Benchmark equity indices held on to gains Friday morning even as the Budget overshot the fiscal deficit target for the current financial year. The 30-share BSE Sensex was trading 157.10 points, or 0.43 per cent, higher at 36,413.79. Similarly, the 50-share NSE Nifty rose 43.25, or 0.40 […]
New Delhi : Opposition parties in Lok Sabha on Friday protested alleging “leak” of budget proposals to the media before being presented in the House. Soon after Speaker Sumitra Mahajan took her seat, members from opposition parties, including the Congress and the Left, alleged that proposals of the interim […]
New Delhi : Finance Minister Piyush Goyal Friday said farmers will be provided Rs 6,000 per year in three installments under a scheme to be fully funded by the central government. Presenting the Interim Budget for 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha, Goyal sought to address some of the distress […]
open view news desk The 15th Finance Commission headed by Chairman Shri N K Singh, met with the representatives of the Trade and Industry Bodies in Amritsar as part of its 3 days visit to Punjab. The Commission had detailed discussion with the representatives and the State Government […]
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