Union Budget - 2016
1. To provide 130000/cr health cover for senior citizens falling in the poor income slab
2. Rebate under section 87 A increased from Rs. 2000/- to 5000/- in respect of all peoe having total in one less than 5 lacs
3. Benefit under section 80GG limit extended from 24000/- to 60000/- p.a for people not having their own house nor receiving any HRA
4. Threshold for Business income up to 2 cr to get benefit of 8% presumptive taxati0on under 44AD
5. Presumptive taxation in case of professionals – upto Rs. 50 lakhs of Gross receipts, presumption of profit will be 50% under Section 44AD
6. Service tax exempt on
affordable constructions up to 60 sq. mts under any scheme of public private partnership other
7. Surcharge increased from 12% to 15% for person having income more than 1cr other than company
8. Tax holiday for startups for 3 of 5 years of setting up the company
9. 40% of withdrawal at the time of retirement under NPS to be tax exempt.
10. 40% tax exempt withdrawal also to come in in respect PPF.
11. Additional exemption for Rs. 50000 for housing loans up to Rs. 35 lakh, provided cost of house is not above Rs. 50 lakhs
12. 0.5% of all taxable services call krishi kalyan cess w.e.f. 01st June ITC available
13. 1st Percent service charge on purchase of luxury cars over Rs. 10 lakhs and in cash purchase of goods & services over Rs. 2 lakhs
14. No changes have been made to existing income tax slabs.
15. 45% of undisclosed to be paid under Amnesty scheme for income tax. Applicable between 1st June to 30th Sept 2016 tax to be paid within 2 months
16. Cases in appeal for penalty under DT & IDT can be settled by paying 25% of the penalty amount.
17. 4% high capacity tax for SUVs.
18. Limited compliance window for domestic tax payers who have undeclared income.
19. 10% extra DDT on dividend recipients earning Rs. 10 lakh per annum,
20. Infra cess of 1% on small cars & 2.5% on diesel cars
21. Rule of CCR to be amended to make apportionment easier
22. 11 New benches of CESTAT to be setup
23. Central excise returns can now be revised.
Excise duty on tobacco increased by 10-15 per cent. Highlights of Union Budget for 2016-17
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MUMBAI - Highlights of the Union Budget for 2016-17 (Apr-Mar), presented
by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Lok Sabha today:
* Din in Lok Sabha amid Budget presentation
* Finance Minister Jaitley begins speech in Lok Sabha
* Financial markets battered globally
* Indian econ has held ground firmly amid global turmoil
* Had inherited an economy of low growth
* Converted difficulty into opportunity
* We converted challenge into opportunity
* Our external situation is robust
* Confidence, hope continue to be held around India
* Global economy in serious crisis
* Global trade has contracted
* IMF has held India as bright spot
* World econ forum said India's growth extraordinarily high
* Indian econ still bright spot despite challenges
* GDP grew notwithstanding global meltdown
* India GDP has accelerated to 7.6% now
* India's external situation is robust
* Must carry out reforms
* Must have prudent fisc policy, up domestic demand
* Pay panel, defence pension to add to spending in FY17
* FY16, FY17 will be extremely challenging for govt spend
* Must continue with pace of reforms
* Must ensure growth does not slow down
* Must ensure macro-economic stability
* Strengthened firewalls against global risks
* Plan spend increased under FY16 revised estimates
* Risk of global slowdown is mounting
* Money with govt belongs to people
* We had to work in unsupported global environment
* Forex reserves highest ever at $350 bln
* Foreign exchange reserves are at highest ever level
* FY16 CAD projected at 1.4% of GDP
* To make significant changes in FDI policy
* To incentivise gas exploration
* Aim to work on passage of GST, Bankruptcy Code
* FY17 priority to give additional resources to rural areas
* Need to provide for bank recapitalisation
* Must prioritise spending in FY17
* Managed to improve FY16 fincl condition on revenue buoyancy
* Infra invest to enhance quality of life
* To have prudent mgmt of govt expenses for fiscal prudence
* To focus on tax reforms
* To undertake tax reform to improve compliance
* To focus on prudent mgmt of govt finance
* To focus on governance, ease of doing business
* To focus on infra investment
* To provide dispute resolution for PPP platform
* Allotted 90 bln rupees for Swachh Bharat mission
* Allotted 1.5 bln rupee for land record digitalisation FY17
* 7.5 mln households gave up LPG subsidy
* Jaitley sits down, continues Budget speech
* 1 bln rupees for birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh
* 1 bln rupees for birth anniversary of Deen Dayal Upadhyay
* Interim provision made for pay panel suggestions execution
* Committed to fincl requirements of announced econ packages
* Made interim provision for seventh pay panel
* To up MSME category turnover cap to 20 mln rupees
* To drive towards self-sufficiency in hydrocarbon sector
* Jaitley stands up, continues Budget speech
FISCAL HEALTH
* To have fiscal deficit target range
* FY17 fiscal deficit target at 3.5% of GDP
* FY16 fiscal deficit pegged at 3.9% of GDP
* Prudence lies in adhering to fiscal targets
FY16 REVISED
* FY16 revenue deficit 2.5% of GDP
* Ensured development agenda is not compromised
FY17 ESTIMATES
* FY17 total expenditure 19.78 trln rupee
* FY17 total spend at 19.78 trln rupees
* FY17 non-plan expenditure 14.3 trln rupees
* FY17 plan expenditure 5.5 trln rupee
* Total resources to states in FY17 at 996 bln rupees
* To scrap plan, non-plan expenditure distinction
* To do away with plan, non-plan classification of spending
* Plan allocation to stress on rural, infra, social sectors
INFALTION
* CPI inflation came down to 5.4% under our govt
* Fall in CPI inflation providing big relief to public
FARM SECTOR
* Plan doubling farmers' income in 5 yrs
* Plan to up spend on farm, rural, social sectors FY17
* Need to create new infrastructure for irrigation
* Need to address water resource utilisation
* To allocate 359.8 bln rupees for farm, farmers' welfare
* Need to give income security to farmers
* Need to think beyond food security
* To allocate 4.12 bln rupees for organic farming
* Policy to convert city waste into compost
* 140 mln farms to be covered by soil health card by Mar 2017
* Fertiliser co to market city compost fertilisers
* 600 bln rupees for sustainable mgmt of water resources
* Soil health card plan being implemented with great vigour
* To form 200 bln rupee long-term irrigation fund in NABARD
* To allot 865 bln rupees in five yrs for irrigation schemes
* To bring 2.85 mln ha under PM irrigation plan
* To allocate 170 bln rupees for irrigation scheme FY17
* FY17 Crop insurance scheme allocation 55 bln rupees
* FY17 interest subvention for farmers seen 150 bln rupee
* Farm credit target for FY17 at 9 trln rupees
* 9.7 mln tn agri storage capacity added FY16
* 3.68 bln rupees provided for soil health scheme FY17
* 12 states have amended APMC Act to join e-market plan
* Unified agri market e-platform to be launched on Apr 14
* Plan e-market platform for agriculture wholesale markets
* To allot 5 bln rupees under food security plan for pulses
* 5 bln rupees for pulses production in 622 districts
* 86,000 tn honey produced in FY16; 90% exported
* Need to focus on drought-hit areas
* Food Corp of India to make online payment of farm goods
* To launch 4 new dairy programmes
* To take up allied activities to increase farm income
* To encourage states to take up decentralised procurement
* Made effective mgmt for pulses procurement
* MSP online procurement system through FCI
* To encourage states for decentralised procurement of crops
* Allocate 55 bln rupees for PM Fasal bima Yojna
* Price stabilisation fund for pulses has 9 bln rupee corpus
* To introduce direct benefit plan for fertiliser on pilot
SOCIAL SECTOR, EDUCATION
* To focus on educational skills, job creation
* Plan law to give statutory backing to Aadhaar
* To announce health scheme covering 1/3rd of population
* Health insurance, BPL cooking gas scheme planned
* To focus on delivery of benefits to needy
* Infra, social sectors to have more govt spend
* BPL families to get LPG connection
* Aim to list public sector general insurance cos
* To undertake 3 major schemes for weaker sections of society
* Self-help groups' set up hastened for livelihood generation
* FY17 aid to gram panchayat, municipality at 2.87 trln rupee
* Digital repository for educational certificates
* Digital depository for school-, college-leaving documents
* Education, skill development, jobs 4th pillar of Budget
* To allot 10 bln rupee for higher education financing agency
* 62 new Navodaya schools to focus on quality education
* 1.52 trln rupees allocated for social sector
* To form national scheduled caste, tribe hub in MSME min
* Stand-up India scheme allocation 5 bln rupees
* This must be year of empowering scheduled castes, tribes
* 5 bln rupees for scheduled caste, tribe entrepreneurs
* Aadhaar not to be proof of citizenship or domicile
* Social security platform to be used for Aadhaar
* Aadhaar bill to be introduced FY17
* To introduce targeted delivery of subsidies via Aadhaar
* Task force to rationalise human resources in ministries
SKILL DEVELOPMENT, JOB CREATION
* 17 bln rupees for skill development scheme FY17
* 1,500 multi-skill training institutes across country
* To interlink national, state employee bureaus
* Plan to set up 100 model career centres
* 10 bln rupees for new EPF scheme
* Govt to pay 8.33% EPF contribution for new staff 1st 3 yrs
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
* Allocated 877.65 bln rupees for rural development FY17
* Rural insurance scheme for farmers planned
* To provide more funds to vulnerable sections in rural areas
* Cluster facilitation under rural job plan to conserve water
* 385 bln rupees for rural job plan FY17
* See 228% jump in gram panchayat allotment
* To focus on rural employment, infrastructure
* National digital literacy mission to cover 60 mln houses
* Need to spread digital literacy in rural areas
* FY17 allocation for rural electrification 85 bln rupees
* All villages to be electrified by May 1, 2018
* 18,542 villages not electrified as of Apr 1, 2015
* To allot 190 bln rupees FY17 for PM Gram Sadak Yojana
* To spend 270 bln rupee with states FY17 on rural roads plan
* To launch new panchayat scheme at 6.5 bln rupees
* To allot 877.65 bln rupees for rural development schemes
* To allot 20 bln rupees for LPG connection to rural women
HEALTHCARE
* To start National Dialysis Service under PPP mode
* To exempt certain dialysis equipment from basic custom duty
* Health protection scheme with 100,000 rupee/family cover
* 3000 drug stores to be opened under PM Aushadhi Yojana
* To provide 130,000 rupee/yr health cover to senior citizens
* To launch new health protection scheme
INFRASTRUCTURE, INDUSTRY
* Propose to circulate model shops and establishments bill
* To give choice to shops to remain open on 7 days/week
* 10,000 km of national highways to be added FY17
* Total outlay for infra 2.21 trln rupees FY17
* Total outlay for roads, railway 2.18 trln rupees FY17
* Total investment in road sector 970 bln rupees
* NHAI to raise 150 bln rupees via bonds FY17
* Allot 550 bln rupees for roads, highways FY17
* 85% of 70 stranded road projects back on track FY16
* To allot 550 bln rupees for roads, highways
* India's highest ever kilometre of highways awarded in 2015
* 30 bln rupees/yr to augment nuclear power in 15-20 yrs
* Mkt freedom for gas from difficult blocks to have price cap
* Mull calibrated mkt freedom for gas from difficult blocks
* Need to diversify resources for power generation
* Drawing up comprehensive plan on nuclear power
* To incentivise ultra-deep sea gas exploration
* Achieved highest coal production growth
* To provide incentives for gas production from tough blocks
* 10 non-functional air strips to be redeveloped
* To partner with state govts to develop airports
* Started series of measures for modernising ports
* To partner with states to develop regional airports
* Medium-term goal is to abolish permit raj
* Plan new public transport policy to up pvt participation
* FY17 allocation for new port development 8 bln rupees
* Motor Vehicles Act to be amended to up passenger segment
* New greenfield ports to be developed on east, west coasts
* Govt to open up road transport sector
* Medium-term goal is to abolish permit raj
* 50,000 km state highways to be converted to national highways
* FY17 total infrastructure outlay 2.21 trln rupees
* To have new policy for mgmt of assets of PSUs
* NITI Aayog to identify PSUs for strategic sale
* To encourage PSUs to divest individual assets
* 100% FDI in marketing of food pdts produced in India
* To have more FDI reforms in asset restructuring companies
* To change FDI policy for asset reconstructions cos
* To modify FDI policy for bourses, asset recast cos
* Duty drawback schemes to be widened, deepened
* Have deepened, expanded duty drawback scheme
* More FDI reforms in insurance, stock exchanges, pension
* To modify FDI policy for insurance, pension sectors
* FDI policy to address requirements of farmers
* To allow mobilisation of 313 bln rupee by govt infra bodies
* Mulling gas production incentive from high temperature area
* May incentivise gas production from ultra deep water areas
* Mulling incentives for gas production from deep sea areas
* New credit rating system for infra to be developed
* To issue guidelines for renegotiation of PPP contracts
* Received conflicting suggestions on FRBM roadmap
* To amend Companies Act for ease of doing business
* Will amend companies act this Parliament session
* Registration of cos to be done in one day
* 300,000 fair price shops to be automated by Mar 2017
FINANCIAL SECTOR, BANKING
* Banking Board bureau to be operational in FY17
* To strengthen debt recovery tribunal
* Considering cutting stake in IDBI Bank to below 50%
* Stand solidly behind PSU banks
* To find resources if PSU banks need additional capital
* Allot 250 bln rupees for recapitalisation of PSU bks FY17
* Not interfering in lending activities of PSU bks
* To amend SEBI act to provide for more SAT benches
* To bring legislation FY17 on illicit deposit taking schemes
* Sponsor in asset recast cos can hold 100% stake
* Financial Data Management Centre to be established
* To allow 100% FDI in asset recast cos
* To make necessary amendments in SARFASI Act
* Bankruptcy code to help deepen corporate bond mkt
* SEBI to develop new commodity derivative pdts
* SEBI to introduce new derivative pdts in commodity mkts
* To adopt comprehensive approach for invest in central PSUs
* To introduce comprehensive Bankruptcy Code in Parliament
* To rename divest dept as Dept of Invest & Public Asset Mgmt
* To amend RBI Act to implement monetary policy framework
* Vibrant fincl sector critical for econ growth
* PM Mudra Yojana target to give 1.8 trln rupees loans FY17
* To draw road for consolidation of PSU banks
* Banking board bureau to be operationalized in FY17
* To draw roadmap for consolidation of PSU banks
* To take up massive rollout of micro-ATMs across nation
* Public money should reach poor without leakages
* Nationwide roll out of ATMs via post offices
* To list govt-owned general insurance cos on stock exchanges
* To list general insurance cos on stock exchanges
* To set up panel to review FRBM Act
* Time has come to review FRBM Act
* Propose to set up committee to review FRBM Act
* Govt open to reducing its stake in PSU banks below 50%
* Consolidation roadmap for PSU banks next year
INDIRECT TAX
* Propose changes in customs duty to push Make in India plan
* Exempt svc tax on general insurance plans in Nirmaya scheme
* Committed to implementing GAAR from Apr 1, 2017
* Asset recast cos' income to be taxed at hands of investors
* Propose special patent regime to power innovation, research
* Services provided by EPFO exempted from service tax
* STT of 0.05% on options contracts
* Service tax waiver for houses of less than 60 sq mtr
* Service Tax exempt for svc under rural electrification plan
* To give excise duty exemption to ready-mix concrete
* Excise of 12.5% with input tax credit on jewellery
* To abolish 13 cesses by ministries
* To amend Central Value Added Tax credit rules
* To amend CENVAT credit rules
* Taxation panel to fix demand under retrospective tax cases
* Hope old cases on retrospective tax reach conclusion soon
* No retrospective taxation to be undertaken
* 1-time no-interest liability in retrospective tax cases
* To up excise duty on various tobacco products by 10-15%
* Cos incorporated post Mar 1 to be taxed at 25%+ surcharge
* Doubles clean energy cess on coal to 400 rupees/tn
* To up excise duty on some tobacco pdts by 10-15%
* Infra cess of 2% on diesel cars
* 4% infra cess on high capacity vehicles, SUVs
* To levy 1% infra cess on small petrol, LPG, CNG cars
DIRECT TAX
* Plan simplification, rationalisation of taxes
* Tax rebate on rent paid upped to 60,000 rupees vs 24,000
* Tax changes to support Make in India, affordable housing
* To give relief to small taxpayers
* To launch steps to move towards pension society
* To give relief to small tax payers
* Withdrawal upto 40% from Natl Pension plan to be tax exempt
* To allow lower corporate tax for some cos from FY17
* Reduction in corporate tax has to be calibrated
* Faster depreciation rate under income tax act at 40% FY17
* Reduction in corporate tax has to be caliberated
* Detailing roadmap for phasing out corporate tax exemption
* Propose 0.5% Krishi Kalyan cess on all taxable svcs Jun 1
* Propose Krishi Kalyan cess
* To raise surcharge on income over 10 mln rupees to 15%
* 10% tax on recipient if got dividend over 1 mln rupees/yr
* Some home buyers to get extra exemption of 50,000 rupee/yr
* No changes in income tax slabs
* To rationalize tax deducted at source for small tax payers
* Penalty of 200% of tax for misreporting of income
* Penalty of 50% of tax for under-reporting of income
* Penalty to be 50% of tax in income under-reporting cases
* Modifying scheme of penalty under Income Tax Act
* Revenue secy to head committee on taxation
* Committed to stable, predictable taxation regime
* To focus on bringing to book people with black money
* Prosecution immunity for undisclosed income declaration
* 300,000 tax cases worth 5.5 trln rupees pending
* New dispute resolution scheme for taxation proposed total 45% Tax
* Compliance window for undisclosed income Jun 1-Sep 30
* 7.5% surcharge on undisclosed income in compliance window
* Govt committed to removing black money
* To move towards low tax regime with non litigious approach
* Limited period compliance window on undisclosed income
* To strongly counter tax evasion
* Moving towards a low tax regime
1. To provide 130000/cr health cover for senior citizens falling in the poor income slab
2. Rebate under section 87 A increased from Rs. 2000/- to 5000/- in respect of all peoe having total in one less than 5 lacs
3. Benefit under section 80GG limit extended from 24000/- to 60000/- p.a for people not having their own house nor receiving any HRA
4. Threshold for Business income up to 2 cr to get benefit of 8% presumptive taxati0on under 44AD
5. Presumptive taxation in case of professionals – upto Rs. 50 lakhs of Gross receipts, presumption of profit will be 50% under Section 44AD
6. Service tax exempt on
affordable constructions up to 60 sq. mts under any scheme of public private partnership other
7. Surcharge increased from 12% to 15% for person having income more than 1cr other than company
8. Tax holiday for startups for 3 of 5 years of setting up the company
9. 40% of withdrawal at the time of retirement under NPS to be tax exempt.
10. 40% tax exempt withdrawal also to come in in respect PPF.
11. Additional exemption for Rs. 50000 for housing loans up to Rs. 35 lakh, provided cost of house is not above Rs. 50 lakhs
12. 0.5% of all taxable services call krishi kalyan cess w.e.f. 01st June ITC available
13. 1st Percent service charge on purchase of luxury cars over Rs. 10 lakhs and in cash purchase of goods & services over Rs. 2 lakhs
14. No changes have been made to existing income tax slabs.
15. 45% of undisclosed to be paid under Amnesty scheme for income tax. Applicable between 1st June to 30th Sept 2016 tax to be paid within 2 months
16. Cases in appeal for penalty under DT & IDT can be settled by paying 25% of the penalty amount.
17. 4% high capacity tax for SUVs.
18. Limited compliance window for domestic tax payers who have undeclared income.
19. 10% extra DDT on dividend recipients earning Rs. 10 lakh per annum,
20. Infra cess of 1% on small cars & 2.5% on diesel cars
21. Rule of CCR to be amended to make apportionment easier
22. 11 New benches of CESTAT to be setup
23. Central excise returns can now be revised.
Excise duty on tobacco increased by 10-15 per cent. Highlights of Union Budget for 2016-17
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MUMBAI - Highlights of the Union Budget for 2016-17 (Apr-Mar), presented
by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Lok Sabha today:
* Din in Lok Sabha amid Budget presentation
* Finance Minister Jaitley begins speech in Lok Sabha
* Financial markets battered globally
* Indian econ has held ground firmly amid global turmoil
* Had inherited an economy of low growth
* Converted difficulty into opportunity
* We converted challenge into opportunity
* Our external situation is robust
* Confidence, hope continue to be held around India
* Global economy in serious crisis
* Global trade has contracted
* IMF has held India as bright spot
* World econ forum said India's growth extraordinarily high
* Indian econ still bright spot despite challenges
* GDP grew notwithstanding global meltdown
* India GDP has accelerated to 7.6% now
* India's external situation is robust
* Must carry out reforms
* Must have prudent fisc policy, up domestic demand
* Pay panel, defence pension to add to spending in FY17
* FY16, FY17 will be extremely challenging for govt spend
* Must continue with pace of reforms
* Must ensure growth does not slow down
* Must ensure macro-economic stability
* Strengthened firewalls against global risks
* Plan spend increased under FY16 revised estimates
* Risk of global slowdown is mounting
* Money with govt belongs to people
* We had to work in unsupported global environment
* Forex reserves highest ever at $350 bln
* Foreign exchange reserves are at highest ever level
* FY16 CAD projected at 1.4% of GDP
* To make significant changes in FDI policy
* To incentivise gas exploration
* Aim to work on passage of GST, Bankruptcy Code
* FY17 priority to give additional resources to rural areas
* Need to provide for bank recapitalisation
* Must prioritise spending in FY17
* Managed to improve FY16 fincl condition on revenue buoyancy
* Infra invest to enhance quality of life
* To have prudent mgmt of govt expenses for fiscal prudence
* To focus on tax reforms
* To undertake tax reform to improve compliance
* To focus on prudent mgmt of govt finance
* To focus on governance, ease of doing business
* To focus on infra investment
* To provide dispute resolution for PPP platform
* Allotted 90 bln rupees for Swachh Bharat mission
* Allotted 1.5 bln rupee for land record digitalisation FY17
* 7.5 mln households gave up LPG subsidy
* Jaitley sits down, continues Budget speech
* 1 bln rupees for birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh
* 1 bln rupees for birth anniversary of Deen Dayal Upadhyay
* Interim provision made for pay panel suggestions execution
* Committed to fincl requirements of announced econ packages
* Made interim provision for seventh pay panel
* To up MSME category turnover cap to 20 mln rupees
* To drive towards self-sufficiency in hydrocarbon sector
* Jaitley stands up, continues Budget speech
FISCAL HEALTH
* To have fiscal deficit target range
* FY17 fiscal deficit target at 3.5% of GDP
* FY16 fiscal deficit pegged at 3.9% of GDP
* Prudence lies in adhering to fiscal targets
FY16 REVISED
* FY16 revenue deficit 2.5% of GDP
* Ensured development agenda is not compromised
FY17 ESTIMATES
* FY17 total expenditure 19.78 trln rupee
* FY17 total spend at 19.78 trln rupees
* FY17 non-plan expenditure 14.3 trln rupees
* FY17 plan expenditure 5.5 trln rupee
* Total resources to states in FY17 at 996 bln rupees
* To scrap plan, non-plan expenditure distinction
* To do away with plan, non-plan classification of spending
* Plan allocation to stress on rural, infra, social sectors
INFALTION
* CPI inflation came down to 5.4% under our govt
* Fall in CPI inflation providing big relief to public
FARM SECTOR
* Plan doubling farmers' income in 5 yrs
* Plan to up spend on farm, rural, social sectors FY17
* Need to create new infrastructure for irrigation
* Need to address water resource utilisation
* To allocate 359.8 bln rupees for farm, farmers' welfare
* Need to give income security to farmers
* Need to think beyond food security
* To allocate 4.12 bln rupees for organic farming
* Policy to convert city waste into compost
* 140 mln farms to be covered by soil health card by Mar 2017
* Fertiliser co to market city compost fertilisers
* 600 bln rupees for sustainable mgmt of water resources
* Soil health card plan being implemented with great vigour
* To form 200 bln rupee long-term irrigation fund in NABARD
* To allot 865 bln rupees in five yrs for irrigation schemes
* To bring 2.85 mln ha under PM irrigation plan
* To allocate 170 bln rupees for irrigation scheme FY17
* FY17 Crop insurance scheme allocation 55 bln rupees
* FY17 interest subvention for farmers seen 150 bln rupee
* Farm credit target for FY17 at 9 trln rupees
* 9.7 mln tn agri storage capacity added FY16
* 3.68 bln rupees provided for soil health scheme FY17
* 12 states have amended APMC Act to join e-market plan
* Unified agri market e-platform to be launched on Apr 14
* Plan e-market platform for agriculture wholesale markets
* To allot 5 bln rupees under food security plan for pulses
* 5 bln rupees for pulses production in 622 districts
* 86,000 tn honey produced in FY16; 90% exported
* Need to focus on drought-hit areas
* Food Corp of India to make online payment of farm goods
* To launch 4 new dairy programmes
* To take up allied activities to increase farm income
* To encourage states to take up decentralised procurement
* Made effective mgmt for pulses procurement
* MSP online procurement system through FCI
* To encourage states for decentralised procurement of crops
* Allocate 55 bln rupees for PM Fasal bima Yojna
* Price stabilisation fund for pulses has 9 bln rupee corpus
* To introduce direct benefit plan for fertiliser on pilot
SOCIAL SECTOR, EDUCATION
* To focus on educational skills, job creation
* Plan law to give statutory backing to Aadhaar
* To announce health scheme covering 1/3rd of population
* Health insurance, BPL cooking gas scheme planned
* To focus on delivery of benefits to needy
* Infra, social sectors to have more govt spend
* BPL families to get LPG connection
* Aim to list public sector general insurance cos
* To undertake 3 major schemes for weaker sections of society
* Self-help groups' set up hastened for livelihood generation
* FY17 aid to gram panchayat, municipality at 2.87 trln rupee
* Digital repository for educational certificates
* Digital depository for school-, college-leaving documents
* Education, skill development, jobs 4th pillar of Budget
* To allot 10 bln rupee for higher education financing agency
* 62 new Navodaya schools to focus on quality education
* 1.52 trln rupees allocated for social sector
* To form national scheduled caste, tribe hub in MSME min
* Stand-up India scheme allocation 5 bln rupees
* This must be year of empowering scheduled castes, tribes
* 5 bln rupees for scheduled caste, tribe entrepreneurs
* Aadhaar not to be proof of citizenship or domicile
* Social security platform to be used for Aadhaar
* Aadhaar bill to be introduced FY17
* To introduce targeted delivery of subsidies via Aadhaar
* Task force to rationalise human resources in ministries
SKILL DEVELOPMENT, JOB CREATION
* 17 bln rupees for skill development scheme FY17
* 1,500 multi-skill training institutes across country
* To interlink national, state employee bureaus
* Plan to set up 100 model career centres
* 10 bln rupees for new EPF scheme
* Govt to pay 8.33% EPF contribution for new staff 1st 3 yrs
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
* Allocated 877.65 bln rupees for rural development FY17
* Rural insurance scheme for farmers planned
* To provide more funds to vulnerable sections in rural areas
* Cluster facilitation under rural job plan to conserve water
* 385 bln rupees for rural job plan FY17
* See 228% jump in gram panchayat allotment
* To focus on rural employment, infrastructure
* National digital literacy mission to cover 60 mln houses
* Need to spread digital literacy in rural areas
* FY17 allocation for rural electrification 85 bln rupees
* All villages to be electrified by May 1, 2018
* 18,542 villages not electrified as of Apr 1, 2015
* To allot 190 bln rupees FY17 for PM Gram Sadak Yojana
* To spend 270 bln rupee with states FY17 on rural roads plan
* To launch new panchayat scheme at 6.5 bln rupees
* To allot 877.65 bln rupees for rural development schemes
* To allot 20 bln rupees for LPG connection to rural women
HEALTHCARE
* To start National Dialysis Service under PPP mode
* To exempt certain dialysis equipment from basic custom duty
* Health protection scheme with 100,000 rupee/family cover
* 3000 drug stores to be opened under PM Aushadhi Yojana
* To provide 130,000 rupee/yr health cover to senior citizens
* To launch new health protection scheme
INFRASTRUCTURE, INDUSTRY
* Propose to circulate model shops and establishments bill
* To give choice to shops to remain open on 7 days/week
* 10,000 km of national highways to be added FY17
* Total outlay for infra 2.21 trln rupees FY17
* Total outlay for roads, railway 2.18 trln rupees FY17
* Total investment in road sector 970 bln rupees
* NHAI to raise 150 bln rupees via bonds FY17
* Allot 550 bln rupees for roads, highways FY17
* 85% of 70 stranded road projects back on track FY16
* To allot 550 bln rupees for roads, highways
* India's highest ever kilometre of highways awarded in 2015
* 30 bln rupees/yr to augment nuclear power in 15-20 yrs
* Mkt freedom for gas from difficult blocks to have price cap
* Mull calibrated mkt freedom for gas from difficult blocks
* Need to diversify resources for power generation
* Drawing up comprehensive plan on nuclear power
* To incentivise ultra-deep sea gas exploration
* Achieved highest coal production growth
* To provide incentives for gas production from tough blocks
* 10 non-functional air strips to be redeveloped
* To partner with state govts to develop airports
* Started series of measures for modernising ports
* To partner with states to develop regional airports
* Medium-term goal is to abolish permit raj
* Plan new public transport policy to up pvt participation
* FY17 allocation for new port development 8 bln rupees
* Motor Vehicles Act to be amended to up passenger segment
* New greenfield ports to be developed on east, west coasts
* Govt to open up road transport sector
* Medium-term goal is to abolish permit raj
* 50,000 km state highways to be converted to national highways
* FY17 total infrastructure outlay 2.21 trln rupees
* To have new policy for mgmt of assets of PSUs
* NITI Aayog to identify PSUs for strategic sale
* To encourage PSUs to divest individual assets
* 100% FDI in marketing of food pdts produced in India
* To have more FDI reforms in asset restructuring companies
* To change FDI policy for asset reconstructions cos
* To modify FDI policy for bourses, asset recast cos
* Duty drawback schemes to be widened, deepened
* Have deepened, expanded duty drawback scheme
* More FDI reforms in insurance, stock exchanges, pension
* To modify FDI policy for insurance, pension sectors
* FDI policy to address requirements of farmers
* To allow mobilisation of 313 bln rupee by govt infra bodies
* Mulling gas production incentive from high temperature area
* May incentivise gas production from ultra deep water areas
* Mulling incentives for gas production from deep sea areas
* New credit rating system for infra to be developed
* To issue guidelines for renegotiation of PPP contracts
* Received conflicting suggestions on FRBM roadmap
* To amend Companies Act for ease of doing business
* Will amend companies act this Parliament session
* Registration of cos to be done in one day
* 300,000 fair price shops to be automated by Mar 2017
FINANCIAL SECTOR, BANKING
* Banking Board bureau to be operational in FY17
* To strengthen debt recovery tribunal
* Considering cutting stake in IDBI Bank to below 50%
* Stand solidly behind PSU banks
* To find resources if PSU banks need additional capital
* Allot 250 bln rupees for recapitalisation of PSU bks FY17
* Not interfering in lending activities of PSU bks
* To amend SEBI act to provide for more SAT benches
* To bring legislation FY17 on illicit deposit taking schemes
* Sponsor in asset recast cos can hold 100% stake
* Financial Data Management Centre to be established
* To allow 100% FDI in asset recast cos
* To make necessary amendments in SARFASI Act
* Bankruptcy code to help deepen corporate bond mkt
* SEBI to develop new commodity derivative pdts
* SEBI to introduce new derivative pdts in commodity mkts
* To adopt comprehensive approach for invest in central PSUs
* To introduce comprehensive Bankruptcy Code in Parliament
* To rename divest dept as Dept of Invest & Public Asset Mgmt
* To amend RBI Act to implement monetary policy framework
* Vibrant fincl sector critical for econ growth
* PM Mudra Yojana target to give 1.8 trln rupees loans FY17
* To draw road for consolidation of PSU banks
* Banking board bureau to be operationalized in FY17
* To draw roadmap for consolidation of PSU banks
* To take up massive rollout of micro-ATMs across nation
* Public money should reach poor without leakages
* Nationwide roll out of ATMs via post offices
* To list govt-owned general insurance cos on stock exchanges
* To list general insurance cos on stock exchanges
* To set up panel to review FRBM Act
* Time has come to review FRBM Act
* Propose to set up committee to review FRBM Act
* Govt open to reducing its stake in PSU banks below 50%
* Consolidation roadmap for PSU banks next year
INDIRECT TAX
* Propose changes in customs duty to push Make in India plan
* Exempt svc tax on general insurance plans in Nirmaya scheme
* Committed to implementing GAAR from Apr 1, 2017
* Asset recast cos' income to be taxed at hands of investors
* Propose special patent regime to power innovation, research
* Services provided by EPFO exempted from service tax
* STT of 0.05% on options contracts
* Service tax waiver for houses of less than 60 sq mtr
* Service Tax exempt for svc under rural electrification plan
* To give excise duty exemption to ready-mix concrete
* Excise of 12.5% with input tax credit on jewellery
* To abolish 13 cesses by ministries
* To amend Central Value Added Tax credit rules
* To amend CENVAT credit rules
* Taxation panel to fix demand under retrospective tax cases
* Hope old cases on retrospective tax reach conclusion soon
* No retrospective taxation to be undertaken
* 1-time no-interest liability in retrospective tax cases
* To up excise duty on various tobacco products by 10-15%
* Cos incorporated post Mar 1 to be taxed at 25%+ surcharge
* Doubles clean energy cess on coal to 400 rupees/tn
* To up excise duty on some tobacco pdts by 10-15%
* Infra cess of 2% on diesel cars
* 4% infra cess on high capacity vehicles, SUVs
* To levy 1% infra cess on small petrol, LPG, CNG cars
DIRECT TAX
* Plan simplification, rationalisation of taxes
* Tax rebate on rent paid upped to 60,000 rupees vs 24,000
* Tax changes to support Make in India, affordable housing
* To give relief to small taxpayers
* To launch steps to move towards pension society
* To give relief to small tax payers
* Withdrawal upto 40% from Natl Pension plan to be tax exempt
* To allow lower corporate tax for some cos from FY17
* Reduction in corporate tax has to be calibrated
* Faster depreciation rate under income tax act at 40% FY17
* Reduction in corporate tax has to be caliberated
* Detailing roadmap for phasing out corporate tax exemption
* Propose 0.5% Krishi Kalyan cess on all taxable svcs Jun 1
* Propose Krishi Kalyan cess
* To raise surcharge on income over 10 mln rupees to 15%
* 10% tax on recipient if got dividend over 1 mln rupees/yr
* Some home buyers to get extra exemption of 50,000 rupee/yr
* No changes in income tax slabs
* To rationalize tax deducted at source for small tax payers
* Penalty of 200% of tax for misreporting of income
* Penalty of 50% of tax for under-reporting of income
* Penalty to be 50% of tax in income under-reporting cases
* Modifying scheme of penalty under Income Tax Act
* Revenue secy to head committee on taxation
* Committed to stable, predictable taxation regime
* To focus on bringing to book people with black money
* Prosecution immunity for undisclosed income declaration
* 300,000 tax cases worth 5.5 trln rupees pending
* New dispute resolution scheme for taxation proposed total 45% Tax
* Compliance window for undisclosed income Jun 1-Sep 30
* 7.5% surcharge on undisclosed income in compliance window
* Govt committed to removing black money
* To move towards low tax regime with non litigious approach
* Limited period compliance window on undisclosed income
* To strongly counter tax evasion
* Moving towards a low tax regime
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