Independence Day: This is PM Modi's sixth straight Independence Day speech ever since the BJP-led NDA came to power in 2014.

Two successive finance ministers, Piyush Goyal in Interim Budget and Nirmala Sitharaman in Budget 2019, missed golden opportunities to revive the consumption cycle. It has cost the Indian economy two precious quarters, probably more

PM Modi says the government is working on policies to promote inflows from domestic as well as foreign sources to achieve this vision; the PM says there is a requirement of optimum capacity utilisation for the private sector to make fresh investment

Modi says India's tryst with GST is outstanding as compared to other countries; he says while some transitional challenges in the GST remains, procedures to streamline the process are in order

Congress says \"harassment by the I-T officials\" has resulted in a decline in the country's entrepreneurial position, the BJP asks it to \"display some humanity\"

At the Budget Roundtable, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman talked about steps to revive the Indian economy and enusre growth after presenting her first Union Budget which presented the vision of making India a $5 trillion economy.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharamans Budget is long on promises but short on ideas about fulfilling them

The Budget is promising and instils hope for a holistic economic order in coming years

CEA KV Subramanian stated that even though 'dwarf firms' account for more than half of all organised firms in manufacturing by number, their contribution to employment is only 14 per cent and to productivity is a mere 8 per cent.

Budget 2019: The Budget is expected to reflect the will and desires of the people, and to attain this objective, detailed consultations are held by the finance minister and the government of the day with a broad spectrum of people.

Economic Siurvey 2019: The survey, which traditionally has chapters on macro economy as well as industry and different sectors and the outlook, comes a day ahead of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the first budget of the Modi 2.0 government

The trade feud and signs of a global slowdown have loomed over a two-day Group of 20 (G20) summit in the Japanese city of Osaka, where Trump and Xi met in passing and prepared for one-on-one talks on Saturday.

Banks' recapitalisation and infrastructure outlay in the budget would help in reviving investment demand. Job creation is the need of the hour, and the government might offer fiscal incentives for adding new capacity by industrial units in economic zones for 'Make in India' initiative.