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Highlights of the Union Budget 2018<\/h2>\n

\"Budget<\/a><\/p>\n

Here are some of the highlights from the Union Budget 2018-19 presented by the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Parliament on February 1, 2018.<\/p>\n

\"income-tax\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Taxations<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2014 No changes to income tax to individuals<\/p>\n

\u2014 Standard deduction of Rs 40,000 allowed for salaried class<\/p>\n

\u2014 For senior citizens, exemption of interest income on bank deposits raised to Rs 50,000<\/p>\n

\u2014 85.51 lakh new taxpayers have filed returns for FY17<\/p>\n

\u2014 8.5 million new taxpayers have filed returns for FY17<\/p>\n

\u2014 Women contribution to EPF to be reduced to 8% for 1st 3 years<\/p>\n

\u2014 12% of wages of new employees and EPF (Employees Provident Fund) for all sectors for next 3 years, also facility of fixed term employment will be extended to all sectors<\/p>\n

\u2014 Health and Education<\/a> Cess: At present 3% cess Proposal: Increase cess by 1% Exiting 3% cess will be replaced by 4%<\/p>\n

\u2014 Large corporations to be nudged to meet 25% funding requirement from bond markets<\/p>\n

\u2014 Propose to introduce tax on distributed income by equity-oriented mutual funds<\/a><\/strong> at 10%<\/p>\n

\u2014 Proposal: Increase custom duty on certain items. Mobile phone 15% to 20%.<\/p>\n

\u2014 To help cashew processing industry, Customs Duty has been reduced from 5% to 2.5%<\/p>\n

\u2014 Propose to amend income tax act for electronic assessments<\/p>\n

\u2014 Benefit of reduced corporate tax rate of 25% to companies with up to Rs 250 crore in financial year 2017<\/p>\n

\u2014 Government to set up PM Research Fellow Scheme; 1000 B-Tech students to be selected<\/p>\n

\u2014 Long-term capital gains exceeding Rs 1 lakh from sale of equities (stocks) to be taxed at 10% without allowing benefit of indexation if the share is sold after January 31, 2018<\/p>\n

\u2014 Contribution of 8.33% to EPF for new employees by the govt for three years and 12% govt contribution to EPF in sectors employing a large number of people.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Long-Term Capital Gains<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2013 Tax on Long-Term Capital Gains exceeding Rs. 1 lakh at the rate of 10 percent, without allowing any indexation benefit. However, all gains up to 31 January, 2018 will be grandfathered.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Proposal to introduce tax on distributed income by equity-oriented mutual funds<\/a> at the rate of 10 percent.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Short-term Capital Gains Tax continues to be 15%<\/p>\n

\u2013 Proposal to roll out E-assessment across the country to almost eliminate person to person contact leading to greater efficiency and transparency indirect tax collection.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Long-term capital gains exceeding Rs 1 lakh from sale of equities (stocks) to be taxed at 10% without allowing benefit of indexation if the share is sold after January 31, 2018.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Proposal to increase cess on personal income tax and corporation tax to 4 percent from present 3 percent.<\/p>\n

\"Economic<\/a><\/p>\n

GDP and Economic Growth <\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2014 Propose 100% tax rebate for farmer producer companies having a turnover of Rs 100 crore<\/p>\n

\u2014 GDP to grow at 7.2% \u2013 7.5% in the second half of 2017-18<\/p>\n

\u2014 We are now a $ 2.5 trillion economy, and we are firmly on path to achieve 8% plus growth soon<\/p>\n

\u2014 Target Mudra loans for Rs 3 lakh crore next FY<\/p>\n

\u2014 Government has ended policy paralysis. India was in fragile five group. Today, India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world<\/p>\n

\u2014 Non-performing assets and stressed accounts to be checked by government<\/p>\n

\u2014 India is now a $ 2.5 trillion economy, and is firmly on path to achieve 8% plus growth soon<\/p>\n

\u2014 Demonetization has widened tax base<\/p>\n

\u2014 100% tax deduction for the first five years to companies registered as farmer producer companies with a turnover of Rs. 100 crore and above<\/p>\n

\u2014 Tax buoyancy more than expected, thanks to greater compliance<\/p>\n

\u2014 Aim to lower central govt. debt-to-GDP ratio to 40%<\/p>\n

\u2014 Indian economy was among fragile five in 2014 and today we are among the fastest growing economies of the world.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Manufacturing sector is back on growth path, services sector is seeing high growth rate<\/p>\n

\u2014 Rs 14.34 lakh crore rupees to be spent for rural infrastructure<\/p>\n

\u2014 Structural reforms will help economy achieve greater goals in short as well as long-term<\/p>\n

\u2014 Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) has reduced corruption and cost of delivery<\/p>\n

\u2014 6.3% GDP growth has signalled turnaround in economy<\/p>\n

\u2014 The government has made all time high allocation towards infrastructure<\/p>\n

\u2014 PM personally reviews targets and achievements in Infrastructure segment<\/p>\n

\u2014 Need investment of Rs 50 lakh crore for Infrastructure sector<\/p>\n

\u2014 We are allocating natural resources in a more transparent manner; there is a premium on honesty now.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jaitley proposes creating infrastructure for aquaculture, fisheries and animal husbandry with an allocation of Rs. 10,000 crore.<\/p>\n

\"Agriculture\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Focus on Agriculture<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2014 The Minimum Support Price of all crops shall be increased to at least 1.5 times that of the production cost.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Grameen Agricultural Market (GRAM) will provide farmers a means to sell directly to buyers<\/p>\n

\u2014 Niti Aayog to establish a national programme to direct efforts towards Artificial Intelligence, including research and development of its applications.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Proposed to raise institutional credit for agriculture to Rs 11 Lakh Crore for 2018-19<\/p>\n

\u2014 This year\u2019s Budget focuses on agriculture, health, senior citizens, infra creation, working with states to improve education<\/p>\n

\u2014 Govt. focusing on ease of living now; PM has articulated the vision of minimum government, maximum governance.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Government aims to double farm income by 2022<\/p>\n

\u2014 Agri-Market Development Fund with a corpus of Rs 2000 crore to be set up for developing agricultural markets<\/p>\n

\u2014 India to launch \u2018Operation Green\u2019 to reduce price fluctuation in potatoes and tomatoes, vegetables<\/p>\n

\u2014 Kisan credit cards for fisheries and animal husbandry<\/p>\n

\u2014 To help cashew processing industry: Custom Duty has been reduced from 5% to 2.5%<\/p>\n

\u2014 Women self-help groups will be encouraged to take up organic agriculture<\/p>\n

\u2014 Proposed to raise institutional credit for agriculture to Rs 11 Lakh Crore for 2018-19<\/p>\n

\u2014 Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJBY) to be expanded to all poor households.<\/p>\n

\u2014 24 new govt medical colleges and hospitals to be set up by upgrading existing district hospitals.<\/p>\n

\"Education\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Education, Jobs and Career <\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2014 70 lakh formal jobs being created in this year<\/p>\n

\u2014 Railway University to be set up in Vadodara<\/p>\n

\u2014 Proposed Rs 1 trillion for revitalization of infrastructure and education<\/p>\n

\u2014 By 2022, every block with more than 50% ST population and at least 20,000 tribal people will have \u2018Ekalavya\u2019 school at par with Navodaya Vidayalas<\/p>\n

\u2014 Most travel blocks will have \u2018Eklavya\u2019 residential school by 2022<\/p>\n

\u2014 Two new planning & architecture schools to be set up in IITs<\/p>\n

\u2014 Govt. will be setting up two new full-fledged Schools of Planning and Architecture<\/p>\n

\u2014 Creation of job opportunities has been at the core of the policy planning<\/p>\n

\u2014 Launch of national apprentice scheme<\/p>\n

Roadway and its Expansion<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2013 Confident of completing highways of 9,000 kilometers in 2017-2018<\/p>\n

\u2014 NHAI to organize road assets in to a special purpose vehicle and then raise capital<\/p>\n

Railway and its Expansion<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2014 Much of the Railway Budget to invest on capacity building. 18,000 Km doubling of railway lines, 4,000 Km electrification of existing lines is planned in the coming year.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Redevelopment of 600 major railways stations have been undertaken<\/p>\n

\u2014 Bengaluru to get suburban rail network of over 100 km. Rs.17,000 crore for Bengaluru Metro<\/p>\n

\u2014 All trains to be progressively provided with Wi-Fi, CCTV and other state-of-the-art amenities<\/p>\n

\u2014 Government to eliminate 4,267 unmanned rail crossings at broad gauge network<\/p>\n

\u2014 Focus on safety: Maintenance of tracks has been given special attention<\/p>\n

Other Amendments <\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2014 Technology will be the biggest driver to improve quality of education. Move from \u2018Black Board to Digital Board\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2014 Government to purchase surplus solar electricity<\/p>\n

\u2014 SME loan sanctioning will be linked with GSTN<\/p>\n

\u2014 Govt. to take all steps to weed out cryptocurrencies<\/p>\n

\u2014 From ease of doing business, our govt has moved to ease of living for the poor and middle class<\/p>\n

\u2014 The mass formalization of MSME sector is happening after demonetization and GST<\/p>\n

\u2014 Measures to address the NPA of the MSME will be brought soon<\/p>\n

\u2014 Three insurance companies to be merged, Rs 80,000 crore disinvestment target for next fiscal<\/p>\n

2018-19<\/p>\n

\u2014 Rs 1 lakh crore disinvestment target this fiscal 2017-18 and Rs 80000 crore in 2018-19<\/p>\n

\u2014 Government to set up dedicated affordable housing under National Housing Bank<\/p>\n

\u2014 Allocate Rs 16,000 cr to Pradhan Mantri Saubhagya Yojana<\/p>\n

\u2014 Airlines have ordered 900 new aircraft<\/p>\n

\u2014 India\u2019s airport capacity to be increased five times to handle 1 billion passengers<\/p>\n

\u2014 UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam naagrik) scheme will connect 56 unserved airports and 31 unserved helipads<\/p>\n

\u2014 Salary of President increased to Rs 5 lakh, for Vice President to Rs 4 lakh and Governors Rs 3.5 lakh<\/p>\n

\u2014 Law to be introduced to fix MPs\u2019 salary every 5 years indexed to inflation<\/p>\n

\u2014 Government to set up comprehensive gold policy; to revamp Gold Monetisation Scheme<\/p>\n

\u2014 AMRUT programme to focus on water supply to all households in 500 cities. Water supply contracts for 494 projects worth 19,428 core awarded<\/p>\n

\u2014 42 mega food parks will be established<\/p>\n

\u2014 Allocation in Ministry of Food Processing Industries and is being doubled to boost food processing; specialized agro-processing and financial institutions to be promoted by Government<\/p>\n

\u2014 800 crore poor women to receive free gas connection<\/p>\n

\u2014 80 million poor families to get LPG connections under the Ujjwala Yojana<\/p>\n

\u2014 400 crore poor people to receive electircity: Rs 17 crore being spent on this effort<\/p>\n

\u2014 Benefits to the poor have been targeted more effectively with the use of technology<\/p>\n

\u2014 470 APMCs have been connected to #eNAM network, the rest to be connected by March 2018<\/p>\n

\u2014 Special scheme to address air pollution in NCT, UP, Punjab and Harayana<\/p>\n

\u2014 10 tourist sites to become iconic sites<\/p>\n

\u2014 Allocation of Rs 600 crore for nutritional support to all tuberculosis patients<\/p>\n

\u2014 Access to portable drinking water, toilets are govt\u2019s priorities<\/p>\n

\u2014 Open defecation free India is the goal<\/p>\n

\u2014 99 cities selected for urbanisation<\/p>\n

\u2014 6 crore toilets been set up in rural areas<\/p>\n

\u2014 187 projects sanctioned under the \u2018Namami Gange\u2019 programme<\/p>\n

\u2014 Government committed to further enhancing public investment<\/p>\n

\u2014 Allocation of Rs. 56,619 crore for SC welfare and Rs. 39,135 crore for ST welfare<\/p>\n

\u2014 Government to allocate Rs 7,148 crore to textile sector<\/p>\n

\u2014 Propose an outlay of INR 7,148 Cr for the textile sector<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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