Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is expected to try and shore up its political support with big ticket farm giveaways and tax cuts for the middle class in its final federal budget on Friday, months before elections.

PM Narendra Modi looks to budget to shore up political base

The Modi government will present the last budget of the current tenure on Friday. With the election around the corner, the budget is expected to be an interim one and present the outline for the next financial year beginning April 1.

Budget 2019: What is interim Budget and how is it different from the regular one?

The government will unveil its budget for the 2019-20 fiscal year on Friday, with investors expecting increased investment in areas such as agriculture, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi tries to woo voters ahead of general elections to be held by May.

Key expectations from India's 2019-20 interim budget

Benchmark Sensex ended over 212 points higher in see-saw trade Friday after the government presented a farm-friendly, consumption-oriented Budget ahead of the general elections.

Budget day: Sensex ends 212 points higher; auto, consumption stocks rally

Calling the interim Budget presented by Centre on Friday as "yet another jumla", the Congress hit out at the BJP led government claiming that the Budget was an insult to the farmers.

It was not an interim Budget but a full fledged Budget: Chidambaram

WION CHAT: Discussion after the presentation of Interim Budget 2019

The Interim Budget was presented today by the government as the finance minister Piyush Goyal announced sops for people and analysed the promises on which they have stood by.

Siddharth Roy Kapur on Budget: Glad that Indian cinema's contribution to employment has been acknowledged

As the current government presented an Interim Budget today ahead of the general election, Union Finance and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal invited smiles and cheer in the parliament as he mentioned the Indian film industry, ease of making films under their rule and watching Vicky Kaushal starrer war drama film ‘Uri’.

Finance minister Piyush Goyal makes reference to war film 'Uri' in budget, Paresh Rawal seen smiling

With the Lok Sabha elections only a few months away, the NDA government will present its Interim Budget on Friday amidst a lot of hopes and expectations from across the spectrum of society—right from the common people to industries.

NDA’s interim Budget on Friday likely to offer some hope and relief

India expresses dissatisfaction with pace of reforms at UNSC Speaking at an informal meeting of the plenary on the Intergovernmental Negotiations on the increase in the membership of the Security Council at the United Nations General Assembly, India's permanent representative Syed Akbaruddin said,"Reform, we all know, at the UN is a process rather than an event.

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The Finance Ministry clarified on Wednesday that the 2019 Budget presented by the government will be an Interim Budget. The clarification came amid reports that stated that the Finance Minister has asked its staff to refer to the upcoming Budget as a General Budget.

Will present an interim Budget, clarifies Finance Ministry

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