India's finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman breaking from tradition carried the Budget documents in a four-fold red cloth instead of a briefcase as the nation awaited the presentation of the Union Budget in Parliament today.

In a first, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman carries Budget documents in four-fold red cloth

Ahead of the Union Budget presentation, the Sensex on Friday morning hit the 40k mark trading 119 points up at 40,027. The Sensex had closed higher on Thursday settling 0.

Ahead of Budget, Sensex crosses 40k mark

Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram on Friday said that Congress' finance minister will in future bring an iPad. Chidambaram was commenting on Sitharaman appearing in the parliament carrying the budget documents in four-fold red cloth, ditching the tradition of carrying a briefcase containing budget documents.

'Congress finance minister will bring iPad in future': Chidambaram on Sitharaman's red folder

The BSE Sensex fell 394.67 points to 39,513.39 and the Nifty50 declined 135.60 points to 11,811.20 after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed increasing the minimum public shareholding in listed companies to 35% from 25%, threatening a wave of new issuance.

Sensex falls 395 points, Nifty below 11,900 as Budget 2019 fails to cheer markets 

From invoking the divinity to tinge of poetry, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's maiden Budget speech on Friday was interspersed with couplets and quotes. Speaking in the Lok Sabha, Sitharaman quoted Urdu poet Manzoor Hashmi, Chankaya, Swami Vivekananda and Lord Basaveshwara`s couplets and teachings in the House.

From invoking divinity to pure poetry, Sitharaman sprinkles Budget speech with couplets and quotes

During the interim Budget presented by former finance minister Piyush Goyal the Modi government had pushed for electric vehicles(EVs) and emphasised on green technology, the move was taken forward by the new finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman who took forward the Sagarmala project for road, rail and port connectivity.

Budget 2019: 'Bharatmala', 'Sagarmala' and UDAN bridging rural-urban divide: Sitharaman

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman today announced a slew of measures in the Budget to boost the economy. India is the sixth largest economy, she said. The finance minister said she will announce changes to kick-start foreign investment.

Budget 2019: Key takeaways announced by Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament

During the Budget speech, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said India's sovereign external debt to GDP was among the lowest globally at less than 5 per cent. "The fiscal deficit this year is 3.

Budget 2019: Highlights of taxation, revenue policy announced by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman today proposed giving foreign investors a bigger role in India's insurance and aviation sectors to help spur growth. Sitharaman unveiled the proposals while presenting the Budget for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020 to Parliament.

Budget 2019: Finance minister Sitharaman proposes opening up insurance, aviation sectors to boost growth

India's benchmark BSE Sensex fell 363 points as finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the tax policy and levied additional excise on petrol and diesel. The Sensex had opened over the 40,000-mark before the Budget presentation on Friday but began to slide in the latter half of the Budget speech while remaining flat for the early part of the Budget speech by Sitharaman.

Sensex slides 363 points after Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget presentation

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