New Delhi, Feb. 22 -- Presenting the Interim Budget 2019-20, Union Finance Minister Piyush Goyal announced a plethora of proposals in the Parliament. The proposals for different sectors are likely to drive growth for the domestic building material, construction, and allied sector.

Eyeing to give "impetus" to the domestic real estate sector, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal proposed to extend the period of exemption from levy of tax on notional rent, on unsold inventories, from one year to two years, from the end of the year in which the project is completed.

In a bid to provide assured income support to the small and marginal farmers, he announced in his Interim Budget 2019 speech that the government will launch a "historic" programme - Prad...