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From affordable housing to relief for exporters, key takeaways from Nirmala Sitharaman's press conference
Fp Staff •Nirmala Sitharaman announced Rs 10,000 crore special window to provide last-mile funding for completion of ongoing housing projects which are not NPAs or facing bankruptcy proceedings under NCLT
Nirmala Sitharaman press conference LIVE updates: GDP growth to improve in next quarter, won't put a number to it, says FM
Fp Staff •Nirmala Sitharaman press conference LATEST updates: A special window will provide the last-mile funding requirement for housing projects that are non-NPA and non-NCLT projects and are stuck due to lack of funding, said Sitharaman.
Arun Jaitley admitted to AIIMS in New Delhi; hospital says former FM's blood pressure under manageable limits
Fp Staff •Union ministers and top BJP leaders — including Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, and Rajnath Singh — rushed to AIIMS to enquire about Arun Jaitley's health, who was admitted to AIIMS on Friday morning
Railway budget 2019: Govt allocates Rs 65,837 cr; focus on passenger comfort, stress on PPP model
•Railways received Rs 65,837 crore and highest ever outlay for capital expenditure amounting to Rs 1.60 lakh crore in the Budget for the year 2019-20.
Firstpost Editor's Picks: Budget 2019, Malaal movie review, West Indies' ICC World Cup run; today's must-read stories
Fp Staff •The Union Budget 2019 was certainly not a non-event, as it carried several interesting proposals that are incremental in nature, consistent with Narendra Modi's government's reform agenda.
Highlights of Budget 2019: Chidambaram claims Budget 'bereft of any reforms', says chief economic adviser must be most disappointed
Fp Staff •Budget 2019 LIVE Updates: At a press conference, former finance minister P Chidambaram claimed that the Union Budget was "bereft of any reforms". "The most disappointed person must be the chief economic adviser. The only investment-related proposal was the to increase the FPI percent. The Modi government treats India as one big state government. Apparently the prime minister believe that only his government can deliver basic public goods and services. It is not good to reduce state government to local administrations," he said.
Budget 2019 income tax calculator: No changes in slabs; here is how to calculate your income tax for fiscal 2019-20
Fp Staff •Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Union Budget 2019-20, proposed an additional Rs 1.5 lakh deduction on interest paid for affordable housing loans till March 2020
Nirmala Sitharaman to present Budget 2019: All you need to know about 2nd woman finance minister after Indira Gandhi
Fp Staff •Nirmala Sitharaman holds the distinction of being India’s second woman defence minister and the first one to take charge of this key ministry full time; she was also commerce minister during the first tenure of the Modi govt in 2014
Arun Jaitley opts out of Narendra Modi's new Cabinet, writes to PM-elect that he would 'like to keep away from responsibility'
Fp Staff •A day before Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi is set to take the oath of office, the finance minister in Modi's last Cabinet, Arun Jaitley, wrote a letter to him asking to be recused from the new government citing serious health reasons.
Cracks in TDP-BJP alliance deepen after Budget 2018: Chandrababu Naidu calls party meet over ties
Fp Staff •Disappointed with BJP over the lack of allocation of funds to Andhra Pradesh in the Union Budget 2018-19, TDP has called for an emergency meeting on Sunday.