Union Budget 2019  

"Size of the cake matters. The larger the cake, larger pieces are what people will get. So we have set a target of making India a USD 5 trillion economy. Larger the size of the economy will be, the larger the prosperity will it bring for the country," PM Modi said.
 

TMC Rajya Sabha party leader Derek O' Brien said the government is still selling dreams and not delivering.
 

The Union Budget ignites a spirit of hope that India can become a $5 trillion economy in the coming years, Amit Shah said

Ruling party termed the Union Budget as ‘futuristic’ and ‘empowering’. But what about the public?

The Minister picked lines from the first, middle and end of the compilation and was greeted by members, one of whom said "very good." 

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the first Union Budget of the Modi 2.0 government. Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed the Union Budget presented by Nirmala Sitharaman “citizen friendly”. For the top stories of the day, watch MyNation in 100 seconds.
 

Prime Minister Modi reacted to the government’s first budget presentation for the term and said that this was a citizen friendly and empowering budget.

Union finance minister said that by financial year 2020, India would be a $3 trillion economy. This would only aid in realising PM Modi’s dream of a $5 trillion economy by 2024. But what needs to be done to realise the dream?

 

First woman finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the first Union Budget for 2019-20. From various schemes to the vision forward, here are the key takeaways. 

In her maiden budget, the finance minister noted that start-ups in India are taking firm roots and their growth needs to be encouraged.
 

The finance minister said the government will take measures to ensure that the rich tribal culture of the country is preserved.

Before announcing the budget, Nirmala Sitharaman posed without the traditional briefcase outside the colonial era building made of rose pink and pale yellow sandstone in New Delhi. Here is a  meme created by us on finance ministers' transformation through the years.

Nirmala Sitharaman noted that major economies will face labour shortage and added India will focus on training new age skills like artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, 3D printing.

It doesn’t matter whether a man or woman presents the Union Budget. Everything boils down to what the common man wants

As finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman gets ready to present her maiden budget, it is worth taking a look at some budget trivia