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•PM’s Statement on Union Budget 2018-19 •English Rendering of Prime Minister’s Statement after the Union Budget 2018-19 •PM’s Statement on Union Budget 2018-19 •School children from Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram call on MoS Shri Kiren Rijiju •Top Sporting Legends Laud Khelo India, Lend support to the initiative •Hriday Hazarika, Shreya Bandyopadhya are top draws in 10m Air Rifle events 2018 •Kerala’s Ancy wins two medals in single day, Praveen misses golden double •Documentaries tell you the truth, there is a need of platform and funds to educate people through documentaries: Mike Pandey •Women directors' films unveil journey into quest of gender equality and profound universal insight. •Tax incentives for International Financial Services centre •Incentive For Real Estate: No Adjustment To Be Made If The Circle Rate Value Does Not Exceed 5% Of The Consideration •Benefits Under Section 80-Jjaa Of The Income-Tax Act Extended To Footwear And Leather Industry To Help Employment Generation •Social Welfare Surcharge, On Imported Goods, To Provide For Social Welfare Schemes Of The Government •Stricter controls over small cash flow by companies; •Central board of excise and customs [CBEC] to be renamed central board of indirect taxes and customs (CBIC). •Changes Proposed To The Customs Act To Improve Ease Of Doing Business By Smoothening Dispute Resolution Process And Reducing Litigation •To Incentivise Domestic Value Addition And Make In India, Customs Duty Increased On Mobile Phones And Tv Parts •Amendments in the income-tax act proposed to notify a new scheme for assessment in electronic mode. •Rationalisation of long term capital gains proposed •SEBI to consider mandating corporates to meet one-fourth financing from bond market •Budgetary support to Defence sector to remain government’s priority •372 specific business reform actions being implemented through states •Total expenditure for the fiscal year 2018-19 is estimated to be over Rs 24.42 lakh crore • More than 1.26 Crore accounts opened across the country under Sukanya Samriddhi Account scheme •Allocation for SCs And STs increased •Relief to salaried taxpayers: standard deduction of Rs 40,000 allowed in lieu of present exemptions •Relief to Senior Citizens: Exemption of Interest Income on deposits increased to Rs 50,000 •Ayushman Bharat for a new India -2022, announced •“Education will be treated holistically from pre-nursery to class XII”, says Finance Minister •Government to move ahead with reforms for building institutions and improving public service delivery •A record one Lakh Crore Rupees expected to be generated through disinvestment during the period 2017-18 •99% MSMEs to gain by Tax Incentives provided in General Budget 2018-19 •MSMEs provided Rs. 3794 Crore for Credit Support & Innovation •Infrastructure Allocation enhanced To Rs.5.97 Lakh Crore: Transport Sector Gets An All Time High Allocation •Railway’s Capex for the year 2018-19 Pegged at Rs.1,48,528 Crore • Launch of Gobar-Dhan Scheme announced to improve lives of villagers •Tax Incentive for Promoting Post-Harvest Activities of Agriculture •Rs.14.34 Lakh Crore to be spent in 2018-19 for creation of livelihood and infrastructure in rural areas •Government undertakes various Programmes to benefit Farmers, Poor and other vulnerable sections •Doubling farmers’ Income: government keeps MSP of all hitherto unannounced Kharif crops at least at one and half times of production cost •Summary of Budget 2018-19 •Highlights of Budget 2018-19 •Tax Incentive for Promoting Post-Harvest Activities of Agriculture •Central board of excise and customs [CBEC] to be renamed central board of indirect taxes and customs (CBIC). •Budgetary support to Defence sector to remain government’s priority •Changes Proposed To The Customs Act To Improve Ease Of Doing Business By Smoothening Dispute Resolution Process And Reducing Litigation •Government to move ahead with reforms for building institutions and improving public service delivery •Benefits Under Section 80-Jjaa Of The Income-Tax Act Extended To Footwear And Leather Industry To Help Employment Generation •A record one Lakh Crore Rupees expected to be generated through disinvestment during the period 2017-18 •Infrastructure Allocation enhanced To Rs.5.97 Lakh Crore: Transport Sector Gets An All Time High Allocation •Railway’s Capex for the year 2018-19 Pegged at Rs.1,48,528 Crore •To Incentivise Domestic Value Addition And Make In India, Customs Duty Increased On Mobile Phones And Tv Parts •Social Welfare Surcharge, On Imported Goods, To Provide For Social Welfare Schemes Of The Government •Ayushman Bharat for a new India -2022, announced •Allocation for SCs And STs increased •“Education will be treated holistically from pre-nursery to class XII”, says Finance Minister •99% MSMEs to gain by Tax Incentives provided in General Budget 2018-19 •Relief to Senior Citizens: Exemption of Interest Income on deposits increased to Rs 50,000 •Relief to salaried taxpayers: standard deduction of Rs 40,000 allowed in lieu of present exemptions •Monthly Review of the Union Government of India for the month of December 2017 for the Financial Year 2017-18. •Governmentintroduces Bill to amend the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002 through Finance Act, 2018 •Highlights of Budget 2018-19 •New Railways in New India Budget •Salient features of Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Budget 2018-19 •Environment Minister Terms Budget As All-Inclusive, Growth Oriented New India Budget •Army Dental Corps celebrates its 77th raising day •CORPS OF EME CONDUCTS ‘EME ULTRA MARATHON’ •Defence Budget 2018-19 •RM welcomes measures announced by Finance Minister to promote defence production •Final Result of Combined Defence Services Examination (I), 2017 •Shri Ram Vilas Paswan congratulated Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley for presenting an inclusive and historic budget •Dr Jitendra Singh thanks Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley for announcing 'Bamboo Mission' in budget •Budget allocation for the WCD Ministry enhanced by Rs.2605 crore for the FY 2018-19 showing an increase of 12% •EAC-PM hails the Union Budget for its focus on Agriculture, Rural Economy, Healthcare and Employment generation   •EAC-PM hails the Union Budget for its focus on Agriculture, Rural Economy, Healthcare and Employment generation