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THE TIMES OF INDIA | Feb 02, 2018, 13:41:28 IST
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Union Budget 2018 live: Jaitley addresses India Inc on Budget
Get live updates of Arun Jaitley's 2018 Budget along with highlights & analysis on Times of India
11:38 (IST) Feb 01
Jaitley: Scheme for revitalizing school infrastructure, with an allocation of Rs 1 lakh crore over four years. Called RISE - Revitalizing Infrastructure in School Education
11:37 (IST) Feb 01
Jaitley: Eklavya schools to be started for Scheduled Tribe population
11:36 (IST) Feb 01
Jaitley: We aim to use technology to upgrade teaching methods. Digital boards will replace blackboards
11:35 (IST) Feb 01
Jaitley on education sector: Under RTE, lakhs of untrained teachers will be trained to help improve quality of education
11:33 (IST) Feb 01
Jaitley: Rs 14.34 lakh crore to be spent on rural infrastructure
11:32 (IST) Feb 01
Jaitley: 8 crore free gas connections to women will be provided under 'Ujjwala' and 4 crore electricity connections to the poor will be provided under Saubhagya Yojana
11:30 (IST) Feb 01
Budget effect: Sensex extends early gains, soars 0.7 percent, or 250 points, to 36,213 points
11:29 (IST) Feb 01
We aim to build 2 crore toilets over the next two years under Swachch Bharat Mission
Jaitley
11:29 (IST) Feb 01
Jaitley: Govt will allocate Rs 16,000 crore to provide electricity to rural areas under Pradhan Mantri Saubhagya Yojna
11:27 (IST) Feb 01
Jaitley: A special scheme will be implemented to support the efforts of state governments of Haryana, Delhi-NCR, and Punjab to help tackle air pollution
11:25 (IST) Feb 01
Jaitley: Fishery and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund and Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Fund to be set up with a total corpus of Rs 10,000 crore
11:24 (IST) Feb 01
Restructured National Bamboo Mission to be launched with an allocation of Rs 1290 crore to promote bamboo sector in a holistic manner
Jaitley
11:24 (IST) Feb 01
Jaitley announces allocation of Rs 500 crore for Operation Green
11:22 (IST) Feb 01
Jaitley proposes to set up state-of-the art facilities in 42 mega food parks
11:21 (IST) Feb 01
Jaitley: Allocation in food processing ministry is being doubled to Rs 1,400 crore from Rs 715 crore
11:20 (IST) Feb 01
From ease of doing business, our government has moved to ease of living for the poor and middle class: FM Jaitley #UnionBudget2018 pic.twitter.com/iVGRUk26rt
& ANI (@ANI) February 1, 2018
11:20 (IST) Feb 01
Jaitley: Agriculture ministry will promote cluster-based development among agri-communities and regions
11:18 (IST) Feb 01
Jaitley: 470 APMCs have been connected to eNAM network, the rest to be connected by March 2018
11:18 (IST) Feb 01
Jaitley: Our government will develop and upgrade rural haats into gramin agriculture markets. Infrastructure will be provided through schemes like MNREGA
11:15 (IST) Feb 01
Jaitley: The Minimum Support Price of all crops shall be increased to at least 1.5 times that of the production cost
11:13 (IST) Feb 01
Jaitley stresses on the government's focus on the farm sector, says the Centre wants to help farmers produce more
11:12 (IST) Feb 01
Jaitley: Our government has eliminated middleman by promoting direct benefit transfer
11:10 (IST) Feb 01
We hope to grow at 7.2%-7.5% in the second half of 2017-18
Jaitley
11:09 (IST) Feb 01
Jaitley: This year's budget will particularly focus on strengthening agriculture and rural economy, taking care of senior citizens and development of infrastructure, and working with states to improve quality of education
11:08 (IST) Feb 01
We are allocating natural resources in a more transparent manner, there is a premium on honesty now
Jaitley
11:06 (IST) Feb 01
Jaitley says structural reforms undertaken by the NDA government will help Indian economy achieve strong growth in medium and long term
11:06 (IST) Feb 01
Jaitley: There was a time when corruption became a part of the system, our government has changed that
11:05 (IST) Feb 01
Modi government has successfully implemented a series of structural reforms
Arun Jaitley
11:03 (IST) Feb 01
Finance minister Arun Jaitley begins presentation of Union Budget 2018
11:02 (IST) Feb 01
Lok Sabha mourns death of BJP MP from Palghar, Chintaman Vanga
10:53 (IST) Feb 01
Jaitley may deliver this year's budget speech in Hindi, according to Times Now
10:49 (IST) Feb 01
Delhi: PM Narendra Modi and Union Ministers Sushma Swaraj and Ram Vilas Paswan arrived at the Parliament #UnionBudget2018 pic.twitter.com/JUVI2rbW2F
& ANI (@ANI) February 1, 2018
10:40 (IST) Feb 01
Cabinet approves Union budget; Jaitley's speech to start shortly
10:22 (IST) Feb 01
Cabinet meet to approve Union Budget is now under way in Parliament
10:21 (IST) Feb 01
PM Modi reaches Parliament
09:56 (IST) Feb 01
Finance minister Arun Jaitley arrives at Parliament to present Union Budget
09:54 (IST) Feb 01
Jaitley is expected to present the Budget in Parliament around 11am after a Cabinet meeting.
09:54 (IST) Feb 01
The rupee has weakened by 9 paise to 63.67 against the US dollar ahead of the budget.
09:42 (IST) Feb 01
Arun Jaitley meets President Kovind ahead of budget presentation
As per tradition, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley calls on #PresidentKovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan before presenting the Union Budget pic.twitter.com/cSPFp3pYeZ
& President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) February 1, 2018
09:26 (IST) Feb 01
Markets positive ahead of budget: Sensex opens at 36,127.20, Nifty at 11,067.25
08:56 (IST) Feb 01
Jaitley arrives at the ministry of finance ahead of budget presentation
Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley arrives at the Ministry of Finance. He will be presenting the #UnionBudget2018 in the Parliament today. pic.twitter.com/56L3yt0ri3
& ANI (@ANI) February 1, 2018
08:37 (IST) Feb 01
It will be a good budget. It will be for the benefit of the common people
Shiv Pratap Shukla, MoS, Finance
08:35 (IST) Feb 01
According to the Economic Survey, which was tabled on the first day of Budget session, India is set to grow between 7-7.5 per cent in the 2018-19 (April-March) with exports and private investment poised for a rebound.
08:24 (IST) Feb 01
Expectations from Modi government's last full budget
* Incentives for the farm sector
* Sops for small businesses
* Reduction of corporate tax to 25% from 30%
* Raise in personal tax exemption limit
* Sops for small businesses
* Reduction of corporate tax to 25% from 30%
* Raise in personal tax exemption limit
08:17 (IST) Feb 01
So far, Morarji Desai has presented the maximum number of budgets (10) followed by P Chidambaram (8).
08:10 (IST) Feb 01
It is for the second time that the budget will be presented on February 1. In 2017, the Modi government advanced the budget presentation to the first day of February, departing from the practice of presenting it on the last working day of the month.
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