PM, FM arrive in Parliament, Interim Budget at 11 am

February 01, 2019 10:17

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal calls on President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan before presenting the Union Budget 2019. The interim budget will be presented at 11 am in Parliament today. The buzz is that the Budget will tackle farm distress. The PM has just arrived in Parliament, as as FM Piyush Goyal.

Domestic stock markets started Friday's session on a higher note ahead of Budget 2019 announcement amid heavy buying by foreign portfolio investors.

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