Political parties sold electoral bonds worth Rs 874.50 crore in 10 phases in New Delhi to raise funds, but the value of bonds redeemed in the national capital was more than five times at Rs 4,715.58 crore

\"FPIs should consider the option of structuring themselves as companies rather than trusts to avoid paying the increased surcharge announced in Budget 2019,\" Sitharaman said in a reply to the debate on the Finance Bill in Lok Sabha

As per the central bank's latest figures in its monthly bulletin, outlays on overseas travel under LRS surged 56% to $568 million in May year-on-year, whereas expenses on education and maintenance of close relatives grew 88% to $334 million and 21% to $300 million respectively.

Raghuram Rajan is just one of the many voices against Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's plans.

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das also said that he will do his best to supervise and regulate the NBFCs in a bid to boost investment and the economy.

Dewan Housing Finance is trying hard to come out of the NBFC liquidity storm

The Budget seeks to open fresh funding avenues for investing in infrastructure as the government's appetite for spending has waned

The Budget will lower to a large extent the liquidity stress in the financial sector

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stuck to the government borrowing target announced in an interim budget in February and cut the fiscal deficit target to 3.3% of gross domestic product for the current year ending March 31, 2020, from an earlier, upwardly revised target of 3.4%

Modi government has a target for the Indian economy to reach $5 trillion by 2025. That is a huge jump from current GDP of $2.7 trillion. A day before, the Economic Survey laid out the road map of a sustained 8 per cent GDP growth in the next 5 years with a moderate 4 per cent inflation.

Budget 2019: The bank recapitalisation of Rs 70,000 crore is aimed at bolstering the capital base of the state-owned banks and making sure that the commercial or industrial enterprises do not suffer

Union Budget 2019: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget speech in Parliament proposed allowing listing of social enterprises, bodies working for social welfare in social stock exchange under Sebi's guidance

Sensex Live Today: Sensex and Nifty closed on a negative note, as market participants turned cautious post the outcome of Union Budget 2019 amid globally weakened markets.

Budget 2019: Indian economy will reach $3 trillion in current year, it is well within our capacity to reach $5 trillion economy in few years, says FM