* The fiscal deficit this year is 3.3%, brought down from 3.4%: FM Sitharaman
* I propose to increase special additional excise duty and road and infrastructure cess each one by 1 rupee a litre on petrol and diesel: FM
* A new series of coins of Re 1, Rs 2, Rs 5, Rs 10, Rs 20 easily identifiable to the visually impaired were released by the PM on 7th March 2019. These coins will be made available for public use shortly: FM
* Net owned fund requirements to be reduced from 5000 crore to 1000 crore rupees, to facilitate onshoring of international insurance transactions and enable opening of branches by foreign reinsurers: FM
* 4 new embassies to be opened in 2019-20, to improve footprint of India's overseas presence and to provide better public services to local Indian communities: FM Sitharaman
* Mission for integrating traditional artisans and their creative products with global markets to be launched; patents and Geographical Indications to be obtained for them where necessary: FM
* Govt is setting a target of Rs 1.05 L crore for disinvestment in FY20, says FM Sitharaman
* One woman in every SHG shall be made eligible for a loan of 1 lakh rupees under MUDRA scheme: FM
* Every verified woman SHG member having a Jan Dhan account, an overdraft of 5000 rupees will be allowed: FM
* I propose to consider issuing Aadhaar Card for Non Resident Indians (NRIs) with Indian passports after their arrival in India without waiting for the mandatory 180 days: FM Sitharaman
* To further encourage women entrepreneurship, Women SHG Interest Subvention Programme to be expanded to all districts in India: FM
* Multiple labour laws to be streamlined to into a set of four Labour Codes, to standardize registration and filing of returns and reduce disputes: FM
* Sitharaman: I draw attention to the women of India, 'Naari tu Narayaani'. This Government believes that we can progress, with greater women participation
* To mark this occasion, Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra to be inaugurated at Raj Ghat, on 2nd October, 2019; Gandhipedia too to be developed to spread positive Gandhian values: FM
* 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: FM Sitharaman
* Swachh Bharat to be expanded to undertake sustainable solid waste management in every village, harnessing latest tech: FM
* To harness India's space ability commercially, a public sector enterprise, New Space India Limited (NSIL) has been incorporated to tap the benefits of ISRO: FM Sitharaman
* India has emerged as a major space power. Time has come to harness our ability commercially: Sitharaman
* Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman: It's right time to consider increasing minimum public shareholding in the listed companies, I have asked SEBI to consider raising the current threshold of 25% to 35%