Budget: Concessions for individual taxpayers Not changing the income tax rates or increasing the exemption limits for individuals, union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday proposed increasing the range of tax deductible investments/ spend. Cheaper vs Dearer: Here's the list Finance minister Arun Jaitley presented the first General Budget of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government on Saturday. The various measures announced by the finance minister has resulted in hike in prices of some commodities and reduction in some. Highlights of Union Budget 2015-16 Finance minister Arun Jaitley presented the first full-year Budget of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government on Saturday. India to introduce gold deposit accounts, no mention of import duty India will introduce gold deposit accounts to utilise the 20,000 tonnes available within the country and launch a sovereign bond as an alternative to buying the metal, moves that are likely to cut imports into the biggest gold consumer. Wealth tax abolished; extra 2% surcharge on super rich Asking rich and wealthy to pay higher tax, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today abolished the wealth tax but increased the surcharge to 12 per cent on individuals earning Rs 1 crore and above annually and on firms with an annual income of Rs 10 crore or more. Black money: 6 months for voluntary disclosure? Finance minister Arun Jaitely proposed to enact a comprehensive law to bring back black money stashed abroad. Govt unveils universal social security schemes Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday announced a slew of low-cost pension and insurance schemes, including Atal Pension Yojana and Universal Social Security scheme. Govt announces loan scheme for higher education Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday announced loan scheme for higher education. In his budget speech, Jaitley said, "We will set up an educational loan scheme for higher education." Govt allocates Rs 2,46,727cr to defence Finance minister Arun Jaitley, who presented the Union Budget for fiscal 2015-16 in the Lok Sabha said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government would allocate Rs 2, 46, 727 crore in the defence sector. India sets fiscal deficit target at 3.9% of GDP Finance Minister Arun Jaitley set the country's fiscal deficit target for the 2015/16 fiscal year at 3.9 percent of gross domestic product and said it would reduce the target gradually to 3 percent by 2017/18, one year later than previously expected. |
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