Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday addressed the nation after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the newly-elected government's budget for the first year.

Budget has given hope to country, shows we are on right track: PM Modi 

In Budget 2019, One woman in every SHG to be eligible for loan upto 1 lakh under Mudra scheme.

Budget 2019: One woman in every SHG to be eligible for loan upto 1 lakh under Mudra scheme

In Budget 2019, Govt will bring New Education Policy at par with international level, says Sitharaman

Budget 2019: Govt will bring New Education Policy at par with international level, says Sitharaman

Budget 2019: 'Time to increase minimum public shareholding in listed companies to 35%'.

Budget 2019: 'Time to increase minimum public shareholding in listed companies to 35%'

Budget 2019: India will become a $3-billion economy this year, says Nirmala Sitharaman.

Budget 2019: India will become a $3-billion economy this year, says Nirmala Sitharaman

Nirmala Sitharaman focuses on 'Gaon, Gareeb aur Kisan' in her first Budget in Union Budget 2019-20.

Budget 2019: Nirmala Sitharaman focuses on 'Gaon, Gareeb aur Kisan' in her first Budget

Budget 2019: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman sets the 'ball rolling for New India'.

Budget 2019: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman sets the 'ball rolling for New India'

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents Union Budget 2019-20 in Lok Sabha

The central bank for all the world’s central banks - the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) - has gone on the offensive against unjustified criticism that a head-strong monetary policy of central banks was responsible for the global economic slowdown.

Union Budget 2019: Monetary policy not enough

Who doesn’t like a sweet surprise! Budget day started with much hype and contradicting opinions – would the interim Finance Minister (FM) stick to the conventional line or would he break convention?

Budget aimed at appeasing cross-section of taxpayers

The ‘middle class’ is a humongous classification. It can consist of a salaried employee, a small businessman, a pensioner, even an under-employed person who survives on a generous contribution to his wellbeing by relatives.

Budget 2019: The moment belonged to Narendra Modi government and middle-class taxpayers

There is a difference between a chartered accountant and a lawyer. One reads the fine print to help you. The other introduces it to fox you. Such thoughts come to mind after an interim budget presented by an interim finance minister who happens to be standing in for a lawyer who is recuperating in the US.

Piyush Goyal delivers Budget 2019 with the art of a Chartered Accountant

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday presented Modi government's last Budget of the current tenure. While presenting the Budget, Goyal said he is deeply concerned by Arun Jaitley's absence.

Union Budget 2019: Highlights of Finance Minister Piyush Goyal's speech

Unveiling the development vision for the next decade, the government on Friday said it would focus on 10 key areas including job creation, physical and social infrastructure building, pollution-free nation and clean rivers.

Budget 2019: Modi government's vision for India 2030 focuses on 10 key areas

Anand Mahindra the chairman of the Mahindra Group, a Mumbai-based business conglomerate was the first to congratulate the finance minister for presenting the interim Budget 2019.

Budget 2019: How high was Piyush Goyal’s josh, asks Anand Mahindra

The government has allocated a sum of Rs 3,18,931.22 crore to Defence out of the total outlay of Rs 27,84,200 crore of the interim Budget 2019-2020 announced on Friday.

Budget 2019: Defence gets Rs 3.18 lakh crore; 7% higher than last year

The interim Budget saw India increase its contribution substantially to the Maldives while bringing support to SAARC and BIMSTEC Secretariat at the same level. According to Budget estimates for 2019-2020, Maldives got Rs 400 crore grant and Rs 175 crore loan from India making New Delhi's contribution to the Indian ocean country at Rs 575 crore.

Budget 2019: India increases significant contribution to Maldives; BIMSTEC to get similar funds as SAARC

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

Union minister Arun Jaitley who presided over the previous four Budgets of the NDA government said the economic reforms undertaken by the government unshackled the Indian economy, calling the 2019 Budget "pro-growth, fiscally prudent, pro-farmer, pro-poor.

Higher direct and indirect tax collections indicator of high growth in last two years: Jaitley

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

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

The NDA government poured extra money into the support for farmers, delivering on Friday its last Budget ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2019. Here is how experts reacted to the Budget: Upasna Bharadwaj, Senior Economist, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Mumbai "The fiscal deficit flat at 3.

Expert's view: How Budget 2019 impacts farmers and middle class

An outlay of Rs 3.05 lakh crore was set aside for the defence Budget for 2019-20 which was a hike of around Rs 20,000 crore compared to allocation of Rs 2.85 lakh crore in the current fiscal.

Defence Budget increased over Rs 20,000 crore; crosses Rs 3,00,000 crore for first time

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