Interim Budget 2019 Live | Latest Updates & Highlights

Major Relief to Farmers

• Farmers owning up to 2 hectares to get Rs 6,000 per year to be transferred directly in the bank account in 3 equal installments. And the first installment of Rs 2000 to be transferred in their accounts soon, says FM
• Also, for the welfare of farmers and for doubling their income, a historic decision has been taken to increase MSP (Minimum selling price) by 1.5 times of the production cost. This will be done for all 22 crops.
• 2% interest waiver for those availing loan by KCC (Kisan Credit Card)
• Timely Repayment of loans by farmers stuck by a natural disaster will give them 3% rebate in loan interest
• Government to allocate Rs 20,000 crore for farmer scheme in the current fiscal
• Finance Minister says govt to create a separate department of fisheries
• Govt achieved 98% rural sanitation coverage
• 8Cr free LPG connections to rural females government claim to have already 6Cr free connection given under Ujjawala yojna
• Govt will set up 1 lakh digital villages in the next 5 years

MSME

• PMSYM new shryam yogi maandhan upto 15,000 income pension monthly 3000 after 60 years age. Contribution 55 and 100/- the equal amount by the government contributed to the organized sector. Minimum 500Cr allocated.
• Minimum pension 1000
• Death of worker EPFO 2,50,000 to 6,00,000
• Govt projects now have to source 25% of their requirements from SMEs: FM Goyal
• 2% interest subvention on MSME loans with a ticket size of Rs 1 cr: FM
• For MSME 59 Minutes 1 Cr loan

Income Tax

• Benefits to middle-class taxpayers
• Salary, pension, senior citizens
• Individual taxable income 5 lac full tax rebate
• Gross income 6.5 lakhs no income tax with 80C
• Standard Deduction 40 to 50 K. 4700 cr to more than 3 cr salary and pension earner benefited
• Notional Rent payable if 1 self-occupied tax payable proposed notional rent tax on second self-occupied house
• TDS on 10,000 to 40,000 bcz women keep saved money in banks benefit small depositors and non-working spouses
• TDS on rent 180,000 to 2,40,000
• 54 investment in one residential house to two residential house capital gains upto 2 Cr can be availed once in a lifetime
• 81 IBA for making available affordable housing extented to one more year i.e to all hosuing projects approved till march 2020
• Unsold inventory of property 1 year to 2-year tax on notional rent increased no tax
• Additional deductions of HL
  EL
  NPS
  MI
  MExp
  No tax to high-income group too 18500 cr to 3 cr middle-class taxpayer self employed + small buss+ pensioner+ sen citizen+ small earners
• Government contribution to NPS increasing by 4% total 14%
• Gratuity payment limit has been increased from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 20 lakh: FM
• Simplification of the DT system reduce taxes, tax development, simple, collections increased 2013 to
• ITR 3.79 Cr to 6.85 Cr marking 80% growth in the tax base
• ITD now online, assessment, queries, refund all online 99.54% ITR was online last year were accepted without scrutiny.
• Pathbreaking technology assessee friendly
• 24 HRS processing ITR and refund issue same day
• Verification assessment for security online without personal interface in next 2 years
• Scrutiny through anonymous digital interface removing bureaucracy
• BEL 2 to 2.5 in 2014
• co upto 250 cr 30 to 25% done 95% done + new manufacturers added
• Direct tax collections at Rs 12 lk cr in FY19 from Rs 6.38 lk cr in 2014
• Number of tax filers increased from 3.79 cr in FY14 to 6.85 cr this yr: FM
• FM says Rs 1.30 lk cr undisclosed income brought under the tax net

Employment

• ESI not 15,000 21,000 now
• upto 21,000 income 7000 bonus
• Rs 35,000 crore disbursed under one rank one pension since 2014: FM
• India’s youth have turned into job creators from job seekers. The country has become the second-largest hub for startups: Piyush Goyal
• A committee under NITI Aayog to be set up for denotified nomadic & semi-nomadic communities says, FM Piyush Goyal.

GST

• Businesses with less than Rs. 5 crore annual turnover, comprising over 90% of GST payers, will be allowed to return quarterly returns: FM
• GST collections in January 2019 has crossed Rs 1 trillion, says FM
• Average GST collection at Rs 97,100 crore per month: FM Goyal
• GST has been continuously reduced, resulting in relief of Rs 80,000 crore to consumers; most items of daily use for poor and middle class are now in the 0%-5% tax bracket, says FM Piyush Goyal
• The Group of Ministers is examining how prospective house buyers can benefit under Goods & Services Tax: FM
• GST registered MSME units to get 2% interest subvention on loan of 1 crore

Benefits to Women

More than 70% beneficiaries of MUDRA are women: FM

26 weeks of maternity leave and the Pradhan Mantri Matritva Yojana, are all empowering women in the country: FM

Digital India

• India poised to become $5 tn economy in next 5 years: FM Goyal
• Electric vehicles is a key part of govt’s vision for 2030: FM

India 2030

• 10 Dimentional approach has been pronounced in the budget as a foundational step towards India 2030
• Comprehensive healthcare system by 2030: FM
• EVs will eventually provide energy security, reduce oil import dependence. Electric vehicles key part of Govt’s vision for 2030: FM

Fiscal Year 2020

• Expenditure target for FY20 at Rs 27.84 lakh cr: FM Goyal
• FM sets FY20 Fiscal Deficit target at 3.4%
• 28% increase in allocation for scheduled tribes in FY20: FM

Indian Railways operating ratio seen at 95% for 2019-20 from 96.2% in 2018-19, says FM

FM says 1.53 Lk houses constructed under PMAY in last 5 years

Finance Minister says Rs 38,572cr allocated for National Education Mission

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