March 29, 2024
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Finance Minister Piyush Goyal presented the interim Budget Today. This is the sixth and final budget presented by the Narendra Modi led government. The new Budget has some great things that has introduce by the Government. Here are the major Key Points from the Union Budget 2019.

1. Income Tax Exemptions

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal has announced a full tax rebate for individual taxpayers earning an annual income of Rs. 5 lakh. Individuals with a gross income up to six-and-a-half lakhs with specified investments and savings will also be exempt from paying tax. Now this is a great thing for all the middle class family.

2. Pension for the Unorganised Sector

The Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan Dhan Yojana has been announced with unorganised sector workers getting Rs 3,000 pension monthly after the age of 60.

3. Gratuity Limit Extended

The gratuity payment limit has been increased from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 30 lakh.

4. Direct Income Support for Farmers

The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Yojana has been announced in the Budget. The scheme will help vulnerable farmers get direct income support of Rs 6,000 per year. The scheme is for farmers with less than two hectares of landholding. Rs 6,000 per year will be given in three installments and will be transferred directly to the farmers’ bank accounts. The initiative will benefit 12 crore small and marginal farmers, at an estimated cost of Rs 75,000 crore, said Goyal. Healso announced that farmers severely affected by natural calamities will get 2 percent interest subvention and additional 3 percent interest subvention upon timely repayment.

5. Interest Subvention on MSMEs Loans

In the new Union Budget 2019 it has been announced that GST-registered MSME units to get 2 percent interest subvention on loan of 1 crore.

6. Standard Deduction Raised

The Finance Minister announced that the standard deduction was raised from Rs 40,000 per year to Rs 50,000 per year.

7. Changes in TDS

The Budget 2019 states there will be no TDS on house rent up to Rs 2.4 lakh per year and no TDS on bank, post office interest up to Rs 40,000, up from Rs 10,000.

8. Defence Budget Increased

The defence Budget has been increased to Rs 3 lakh crore. He also said that ‘One Rank One Pension’, which was pending for the last 40 years, has been implemented by the Modi government and that Rs 35,000 crore have been disbursed for the soldiers under the scheme.

9. New Simplify Direct Tax System

The Finance Minister has announced that income tax returns will be processed within 24 hours and returns will be paid immediately. Also, all assessment and verification of IT returns will be done electronically, without any intervention by officials.

10. Increase in Direct Tax Collection

In the new Budget Piyush Goyal has said that direct tax collections have been increased from Rs 6.38 lakh crore in 2013-14 to almost Rs 12 lakh crore. The tax base has been increase from Rs 3.79 crore to 6.85 crore.

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