Budget 2019 LIVE Updates: PAN and Aadhaar are interchangeable for Tax Filing

“Village, poor and farmer' marginalized. Will hollow words solve the agrarian crisis? No directions to double the farmer's income, No promise for Minimum Support Price (MSP), No measures suggested to fight famine- drought, No way out from the crisis in rural economy. Only an additional load of ₹2 on diesel,” tweeted Randeep Surjewala

Sitharaman proposed that Aadhaar and PAN be used interchangeably for filing tax returns. Speaking on the subject of ease of doing business, she announced that those who do not possess a PAN number can simply quote the 12-digit Aadhaar number instead. “More than 120 crore Indians now have Aadhaar,” Sitharaman told the House.

Maximum Intent, Minimum Content, Maximum Catchphrases,Minimum Catch-points!, says Surjewala over Budget 2019

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says special additional excise duty of Rs 1/litre on petrol & diesel

All companies having annual turnover of 400 crores, will now be under the bracket of 25%. This will cover 99.3% of all the companies, says Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Additional Rs 1.5 lakh deduction on interest paid for affordable housing loans till March 2020, says Sitharaman

One woman in every SHG shall be made eligible for a loan of 1 lakh rupees under MUDRA scheme, says Sitharaman

Delivering her maiden budget speech on Friday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed to issue Aadhaar to NRIs with Indian passport without the mandatory 180-day waiting period.

Happy and satisfied to report that India will be made Open Defecation Free on October 2nd, 2019, as per the dream of PM Narendra Modi, says Sitharaman

I propose to establish a National Research Foundation to fund, to coordinate and to promote research in the country.

Pension benefit to be extended to around 3 crore retail traders and shopkeepers with an annual turnover less than 1.5 crores under Pradhan Mantri Karam Yogi Man Dhan Schem, says Sitharaman

9.6 crore toilets have been constructed since Oct 2, 2014. More than 5.6 lakh villages have become open defecation free.We have to build on this success. I propose to expand the Swachh Bharat mission to undertake sustainable sold waste management in every village, says Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Every single rural family, except those unwilling to take connection, will have an electricity, LPG connection by 2022: FM

To provide NRIs seamless to Indian equities, NRI portfolio investment route to be merged with foreign portfolio investment route, says Sitharaman

Government is considering increasing the FDI limit in Media, Aviation after consulting with local stakeholders

"It is now the sixth largest in the world. Five years ago it was at the 11th position... It took us over 55 years to become a $1 trillion economy. But when the hearts are filled with hope, trust and aspiration, we, in just 5 years, added $1 trillion," Sitharaman said.

Schemes such as BharatMala, Sagarmala and UDAN are bridging rural urban divide and improving our transport infrastructure, says Finance Minister

From 1.85 trillion dollars in 2014, the economy has reached 2.7 trillion US dollars; we can very well reach 5 trillion dollars in the next few years, says Sitharaman

'Yakeen ho to koi raasta niklata hai, hawa ki ot(protection) bhi le kar charagh jalta hai'

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents her first budget in the Parliament.

The Cabinet has formally approved the Union Budget, with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman scheduled to present it in the Lok Sabha shortly.

Parents of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman - Savitri and Narayanan Sitharaman - arrive at the Parliament.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, MoS Finance Anurag Thakur, Finance Secretary S C Garg, Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian and other officials outside Finance Ministry.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman arrives at Ministry of Finance. She will present the Budget 2019 on Friday at 11 am in Lok Sabha.

MoS Finance Anurag Thakur offers prayers ahead of Budget 2019. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to present the Budget at 11 am in Lok Sabha on Friday

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget – a statement of the estimated receipts and expenditure of the Government of India for the year 2019-20 – in the Lok Sabha today.

According to the Lok Sabha’s List of Business for the day, Sitharaman will then lay on the Table a statements on medium-term fiscal policy cum fiscal policy strategy and macro-economic framework.

Finally, she will move The Finance (No.2) Bill, 2019. The Lower House is expected to be adjourned till Monday (July 8) after these proceedings conclude.