Budget 2019 - Budget Highlights, Full Budget Announcements, Budget Analysis

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MTaI seeks streamlining of tax & duty structure to make medical devices affordable

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Government clear on promoting EVs: Rajiv Kumar

Govt may draw additional Rs 30k crore from taxes

Thought PAN card's time was up? Think again

Self-assessment tax can help save you from prosecution

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Visa, Mastercard brace for serious Budget blow

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Education Budget 2019: 5 things Sitharaman gave students and the youth

Budget 2019: WCD Ministry's budget hiked by 17%, social services sector gets major boost

Budget 2019 hikes tax break on interest paid on loan for affordable housing by Rs 1.5 lakh

Budget 2019 proposes to make filing ITR easier by providing data from various sources

Union Budget 2019: Sitharaman proposes 'one nation one grid' for power sector

Budget 2019: FM announces income tax rebate on interest of loan taken for EVs

Budget 2019 allocates Rs 70,000 crore to PSU banks. Will banking sector funds gain?

Budget debut: Nirmala Sitharaman bats for women-led initiatives, empowerment; wants AI, VR...

Union Budget 2019: What women got from Sitharaman's budget

Budget 2019: Govt will invest widely in agricultural infrastructure

Budget 2019: Govt announces more incentives for businesses embracing digital payments

Budget 2019: What Sitharaman's budget had for India's banks

Budget 2019: Railways gets highest ever outlay of Rs 1.6 lakh crore

Budget makes us believe India can become a $10-trillion economy: Amitabh Kant

Budget 2019: A fine balancing act between fiscal prudence & development

Budget 2019: View- Sops for taxpayers, farmers to give consumption a Rs 93,000-cr boost

Budget 2019: Dole 16% of cultivators’ income from farming

Budget 2019: Paving road to recovery by easing loan load

Budget 2019: Sweat, toil and now pension for daily-wager

Budget 2019: Huge gift for the poor, pension for maids, drivers, plumbers

Ayushman Bharat gets a Rs 6,400-crore cover in Goyal's budget

Budget as poll slogan: Jai kisan, jai gareeb insaan, jai taxpayer

The move that may've just made your affordable home really affordable

Goyal optimistic of govt meeting Rs 80,000-cr disinvestment target

Cash dole for farmers, pension for unorganised sector, IT exemption limit doubled to Rs 5 ...

MHA gets Rs 1.03 lakh cr; focus on border infra, police modernisation

Budget proposes to abolish tax on deemed rent from 2nd vacant house

How today's budget gave little to the rich and a lot to the poor

Govt's own Amazon saw Rs 17,500-cr buy & sale in last 2 years

Government to create 1 lakh digital villages in 5 years: Piyush Goyal

Farmers owning land of up to 2 hectares to get Rs 6,000 a year

Big number, this: Rs 60,000 crore set aside for MGNREGA this year

Road construction trebled under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana: FM

Impact Areas
Key Developments

Key Developments

For the girl child
Beti bachaao beti padhaao launched, Rs 100 crore set aside.
More cash
Rs 79,258 crore set aside for women welfare schemes.
The connect
LPG connections for women, Rs 500 cr alloted for SC, ST entrepreneurs.
To mothers
Rs 6000 transferred to each person under scheme for pregnant women.
Big move
Women to be entitled to 26 weeks of maternity leave.

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Key Developments

High on infra
Smart cities, airports and highways get push along with a promise to decontrol diesel.
Battling NPAs
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code introduced in Lok Sabha.
Demonetisation
Shock move to ban high-denomination notes caused much hardship, with limited benefits.
FIPB abolished
Individual departments empowered to clear FDIs in consultation with DIPP.
LTCG returns
10% tax on LTCG exceeding Rs 1 lakh from sale of shares brought back.
An ETF like ELSS
Budget 2019 proposes CPSE ETFs on lines of ELSS

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Key Developments

Cash push
Finance for 5 lakh landless farmers, soil health card launched.
One stop solution
National Agriculture Market created to price-proof farmers.
New plan
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana implemented, Krishi Kalyan Cess brought in.
Credit line
Rs 10 lakh crore credit to farmers, Fasal Bima Yojana launched.
Kisan Samman Nidhi
Farmers with a holding of less than 2 hectares to get Rs.6,000 per annum in 3 instalments.
Limit removed
All farmers to get Rs 6000 a Year under PM-KISAN scheme.

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Key Developments

More power
10-Year tax holiday for firms that start power generation.
Setu launched
Self-Employment and Talent Utilisation mechanism to back startups.
Mudra cover
Loans at low rates to micro-finance institutions to back MSMEs launched.
Tax relief
Reduction in Income tax rate to 25% for domestic companies.
Loan in 59 minutes
Dedicated digital platform launched to enable loans of upto Rs 1 cr in just 59 mins.
Red flags on MUDRA loans
Against total amount of Rs 6.04-lakh cr under MUDRA, 2.86% has turned NPA in FY19