Live updates and discussion on Budget 2019

Meet the budget team of CBDT with Union Minister of Finance,Corporate Affairs,Railways & Coal, Sh Piyush Goyal,alongwith both MoS Finance,Sh Shiv P Shukla & Sh Pon Radhakrishnan with Revenue Secretary Dr Ajay Bhushan Pandey &Chairman CBDT Sh Sushil Chandra on the eve of #Budget2019.

Union Finance Minister Piyush Goyal to Present Interim Budget 2019

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal begins budget speech in the Parliament

Inflation in December 2018 was just 2.1%  #Budget2019
Inflation is a hidden and unfair tax; from 10.1% during 2009-14, we have broken the back of back-breaking inflation

We are marching towards a New India by 2022: FM

FM says inflation under Modi govt lower than any other govt #Budget2019

 Fiscal deficit seen at 3.4 percent in next fiscal: Piyush Goyal

The next-gen reforms in last five years have set the stage for decades of high growth: FM

Recapitalization of banks amounting to 2.6 lakh crore has been done: FM
Close to 3 lakh crore already recovered in favour of banks and creditors, big defaulters too not spared by our government: FM 

Number of measures implemented to ensure clean banking, a resolution friendly mechanism has been instituted for recovery of non-performing loans: FM

The non-performing assets discovered during the asset quality review, were either closed or repaid which helped to strengthen the banking industry.

239 billion dollar FDI attracted in the last 5 years.
 

As a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, world's largest behavioural change movement Swachh Bharat initiated; more than 98% rural sanitation coverage has been achieved; more than 5.45 lakh villages declared ODF: mindset change achieved, becoming a Jan Andolan: FM

RERA and Benaami Transactions Act has increased transparency.