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Budget 2024 Announcements: Consumer

  • Relief in standard deduction increased from Rs 50 thousand to Rs 75 thousand.
  • Big changes in the new tax regime, benefit of Rs 17.5 thousand. No change in the old one.
  • 20% TDS withdrawn on repurchase of mutual funds or UTIs.
  • Income up to Rs 3 lakh is tax free in the new tax regime.
  • 5% income tax from Rs 3 to 7 lakh.
  • 10% income tax from Rs 7 to 10 lakh.
  • 15% income tax from Rs 10 to 12 lakh.
  • 20% income tax from Rs 12 to 15 lakh.
  • Income above Rs 15 lakh will be taxed at 30%.
  • Significant progress in New Pension Scheme
  • Deduction on Family pension is enhanced from Rs 15,000 to Rs 25,000
  • Standard Deduction for pensioner increased to Rs 75,000 under New tax regime
  • Setting up hostels for working women
  • Setting up creches to help working women
  • Promotion of market access for women SHG enterprises
  • Opportunity for one crore youth to get internship in top-500 companies in 5 years.
  • Package of 5 PM schemes for employment, skill training.
  • 4 crore 10 lakh youth will be benefited in 5 years. Two lakh crores will be spent.
  • Model skill loan scheme to help 25,000 students every year.
  • Students will get college admission loan. The government will give up to 3% of the money.
  • Every year one lakh students will be given loan e-vouchers.
  • Big announcement for first time job seekers in the formal sector.
  • Those starting a job for the first time will get one month’s salary.
  • Maximum salary amount is Rs 15 thousand in three installments through direct benefit transfer.
  • The eligibility limit will be Rs 1 lakh per month. 2.10 crore youth benefited.
  • Employment opportunities for the youth with technical skills in manufacturing, installation and maintenance
  • The government will pay one month’s PF for 30 lakh youth who have their first job.
  • Provision of Rs 1.52 lakh crore for farmers and agriculture sector
  • The budget for farmers was increased by 21.6% i.e. Rs 25 thousand crore.
  • Will introduce 109 new varieties of 32 crops, 19 varieties with high yield.
  • Focus on crops like mustard, groundnut, sunflower and soybean.
  • Digital survey of crops will be conducted in 400 districts.
  • One crore farmers will join natural farming in one year
  • Information of 6 crore farmers will be brought to the land registry.
  • New Kisan Credit Cards will be issued in 5 states.
  • PM Tribal Unnat Gram Abhiyan Yojana for 63,000 tribal dominated villages.
  • Corporate Tax on Foreign Companies cut to 35% from 40%
  • New Mechanism for facilitating continuation of bank credits to MSME
  • Internship in 500 companies for 1 Cr youth in 5 years
  • Incentivise implementation of business reform action plan and digitalisation
  • Business Gains to be included under Profits & gains of life insurance business
  • Non reporting of movable asset upto Rs 20 lac not to be penalised
  • Self Help groups, women entrepreneurs, street vendors to get support for economic activites
  • National Livelihood Missions, Stand-up India to be stepped up
  • Empowering all eligible people with equal opportunities for education and health

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Budget 2024 Announcements: Sectors

  • Key Cancer Medicines exempted from custom duty
  • Changes in BCD on X-ray tubes and flat panel detectors for better sync with domestic capacity
  • Allocations for Healthcare sector up, at Rs 90,658.63 Cr
  • DPI Applications planned for healthcare sectors
  • Exempt Custom duty on 25 critical minerals
  • Allocation for the defence sector is highest at Rs 6.22 Lac Crore
  • Rs 1.72 lac crore allocated for fighter aircrafts, ships, submarines, other critical defence capabilities
  • Rs 1.05 lac crore earmarked for modernisation of defence equipments
  • Exempt Custom duty on 25 critical minerals also used in telecommunications
  • Incentivise local manufacturing, BCD on specific telecom equipments increased to 15% from 10%
  • Tax Cut on Mobile phone
  • 12 new industrial hubs will be built in the country.
  • The scope of credit guarantee scheme for MSMEs will increase.
  • Mudra loan amount increased from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 20 lakh.
  • New branches of SIDBI will be opened. 4 branches will open this year.
  • Funds will be provided for setting up 50 multi-product food units.
  • MSMEs will be given help to open food safety labs.
  • Scheme with private sector to promote e-commerce exports.
  • Internship for 5 crore youth in 500 top companies.
  • Under CSR, companies will bear 10% of the internship expenses of the youth.
  • Exempt Custom duty on 25 critical minerals including lithium used in EV Batteries
  • Incentivising job creation for manufacturing to help Auto OEMs, start-ups
  • Investment on 1000 industrial training centres to help auto manufacturing
  • Extend scheme for installing rooftop solar plants, PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojna
  • Promoting pump storage projects for electricity storage
  • Govt. to partner private companies for setting up Bharat small reactors, R&D in nuclear tech
  • Encourage development of advanced ultra super critical thermal power plants
  • NTPC-BHEL JV for 800 MW plant using AUSC tech
  • Rs 11 lakh crore for infrastructure in the country. 3.4% of GDP will be spent.
  • Transit Oriented Development Plans in 14 mega cities with 30 lakh+ population.
  • PMWasYojana Urban 2.0 scheme for 1 crore urban poor and middle class.
  • 100 weekly ‘haats’ or street food hubs will be set up in select cities.
  • Purvodaya Scheme for the development of Bihar, Jharkhand, Bengal, Odisha and Andhra.
  • Investment-ready “plug and play” industrial parks will be built in or around 100 cities.
  • 12 industrial parks approved under the National Industrial Corridor Development Programme.
  • Rs 26 thousand crore for road connectivity projects of Bihar.
  • Patna-Purnia Expressway, Buxar-Bhagalpur Expressway will be developed.
  • Bodhgaya, Rajgir, Vaishali and Darbhanga road connectivity projects will also be developed.
  • Like Kashi, a corridor will be built for Vishnupad temple of Gaya.
  • It will also help in building an additional two-lane bridge on river Ganga in Buxar.
  • Power projects will be started in Bihar at a cost of Rs 21 thousand 400 crore.
  • Polavaram Irrigation Project will be completed in Andhra.
  • Special Fund for Visakhapatnam-Chennai and Hyderabad-Bengaluru Industrial Corridors
  • Funds for essential infra in railways
  • Development of Vishakhapatnam – Chennai, Hyderabad – Bengaluru industrial corridors
  • Simpler tax regime for foreign shipping companies to encourage domestic cruise
  • Positioning India as global tourist destination
  • Development of Vishnu Path Temple at Gaya and Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya
  • Development initiative for Rajgir, Nalanda to enhance tourism
  • Provide assistance for development of tourist destinations in Odisha
  • Allocations for infra development to help real estate sector
  • focus on rural and urban reforms, digitisation of land records
  • establishment of land registries to streamline the process
  • No changes on tax for tobacco
  • Export hubs through public-private partnership to help expand market reach
  • No mention on AI, 5G in budget speech
  • STT on futures and options raised to 0.02% and 0.01%
  • LTCG hiked to 12.5% from 10%
  • STCG on some assets increase to 20%
  • Angel tax abolished
  • Development of Vishakhapatnam – Chennai, Hyderabad – Bengaluru industrial corridors
  • Support development of industrial node at Gaya in Amritsar Kolkata industrial corridor
  • Patna-Purnea Expressway, Buxar-Bhagalpur Expressway, Bodhgaya, Rajgir, Vaishali and Darbhanga to spur development
  • additional 2-lane bridge over river Ganga at Buxar
  • Expanding Space Economy 5 times in 10 years
  • Set-up Venture Capital fund of 1000 Crore
  • Exempt Custom duty on 25 critical minerals used in space infrastructure
  • No mention on Online Gaming in budget speech
  • Rs 1.48 lac crore for education employment and skilling
  • Financial Support for loans upto Rs 10 lakh for higher education in domestic institutions
  • Develop digital public infrastructure applications for education sector
  • One Crore youth to be skilled by India’s top companies in 5 years
  • Provision of Rs 1.52 lakh crore for farmers and agriculture sector
  • The budget for farmers was increased by 21.6% i.e. Rs 25 thousand crore
  • Will introduce 109 new varieties of 32 crops, 19 varieties with high yield. Focus on crops like mustard, groundnut, sunflower and soybean
  • Digital survey of crops will be conducted in 400 districts
  • One crore farmers will join natural farming in one year
  • Information of 6 crore farmers will be brought to the land registry
  • New Kisan Credit Cards will be issued in 5 states
  • PM Tribal Unnat Gram Abhiyan Yojana for 63,000 tribal dominated villages

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Budget 2024-25 Costlier & Cheaper Items

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Custom duty on Ammonium Nitrate raised to 10%

Non-biodegradable plastic custom duty raised to 25%

Specified telecom equipment basic custom duty raised to 15%

Shares held for more than 12 months tax raised to 12.5%

Equity investment held for less than 1 year tax raised to 20%

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Mobile Phones

Duty on Chargers reduced by 15%

Duty on Leather accessories removed

Platinum – Custom Duty reduced by 6.4%

Gold & Silver – Custome Duty reduced by 6%

3 Cancer treatment drugs exempted from custom duty

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Budget Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs):

The Union Budget, or India’s Annual Budget, is a critical financial document detailing the Central government’s revenues and planned expenditures across various sectors. As per Article 112 of the Indian Constitution, the Central Government presents its estimated receipts and expenditures for the fiscal year (April 1 to March 31) to both houses of Parliament annually.

Prepared by the Union Finance Ministry in collaboration with the Niti Aayog and relevant ministries, the Union Budget is typically unveiled by the Finance Minister in February. This presentation includes key components such as the Annual Financial Statement (AFS), Appropriation Bill, Expenditure and Receipts Budget, Expenditure Profile, Medium Term Fiscal Policy, Fiscal Policy Strategy Statement, Macro-economic Framework, Demand for Grants (DG), and the Finance Bill. However, since this was an election year, an Interim Budget was presented in February. Now, the full Union Budget will be tabled.

The Union Budget encompasses Capital, Revenue, and Expenditure Budgets, serving the dual purpose of outlining the government’s financial strategies and fostering economic growth. It also aims to fulfill constitutional mandates, ensuring social justice and equality for all citizens.

The government presents an Interim Budget when there isn’t sufficient time to prepare the final budget, typically when general elections are approaching. This is exactly what we saw earlier this year when Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Interim Budget. This exercise allows the current government to leave the task of preparing a full Budget until after the election results. The Union Budget is valid until the end of the financial year, March 31, and the government’s spending rights extend only until that date.

If the Central Government cannot present the final budget before the end of the fiscal year, it requires parliamentary approval to incur expenses from the start of the new fiscal year until a new budget is passed. An Interim Budget functions much like a full budget but is intended only for a temporary period. After the Lok Sabha results were announced on June 4 and NDA came back to power for a third consecutive term, Sitharaman will be presenting the full Budget sometime later this month.

The various sources from which a government raises revenue are called government receipts. These are divided into two types:

Revenue Receipts: These are current income receipts from taxes, grants, and other sources that do not reduce the government’s assets or create liabilities. Revenue receipts are further classified into: Tax Revenue and Non-Tax Revenue

Capital Receipts: These receipts either reduce the government’s assets or create liabilities. Major sources of capital receipts include borrowings, disinvestment (resale of shares in public sector undertakings), and recovery of loans.

The Central Government’s expenditures are categorised in two ways:

Capital Expenditure: This includes government spending aimed at creating assets such as roads, railway lines, canals, hospitals, schools, etc., or reducing its liabilities, such as loan repayments.

Revenue Expenditure: This comprises government spending that neither reduces liabilities nor creates assets. Examples include salary payments to government employees, provision of free health and education services, and maintenance of public property.

Balanced Budget: This occurs when the Central Government’s estimated expenditure matches its expected receipts within a financial year. While it promotes economic stability, it can be impractical during periods of hyperinflation or recession.

Surplus Budget: This happens when the government’s expected revenues exceed its estimated expenditures in a fiscal year. This indicates that the government is generating more income from taxes than it is spending on public welfare.

Deficit Budget: This arises when the government’s estimated expenditures surpass its revenues in a fiscal year. Although this allows the Central Government to increase spending on public welfare, it also increases the burden of accumulating debt.

  • Scottish economist and politician James Wilson of the East India Company presented the first Union Budget to the British Crown on April 7, 1860.
  • On November 26, 1947, the first budget of independent India was presented by Finance Minister RK Shanmukham Chetty.
  • The Budget was printed at Rashtrapati Bhavan until a leak in 1950. After that, it was moved to a press at Minto Road in New Delhi, and in 1980, a government press was established in the North Block.
  • Until 1955, the Union Budget was presented in English. The Congress-led government then decided to print the budget papers in both Hindi and English.
  • Under the Narasimha Rao government, Manmohan Singh delivered the longest budget speech by word count, totaling 18,650 words.
  • For 92 years, the Railway Budget was presented separately from the Union Budget. In 2017, it was merged with the Union Budget.
  • To date, only two women have presented the budget. The first was former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who presented the budget in 1971 while also serving as Finance Minister. In 2019, Nirmala Sitharaman became the second woman to present the budget.
  • Nirmala Sitharaman introduced the tradition of presenting the budget in the traditional ‘bahi-khata’ with the National Emblem, replacing the budget briefcase.
  • During the COVID-19 pandemic, India had its first paperless budget presentation for the 2021-22 Union Budget.
  • Nirmala Sitharaman delivered the longest budget speech by duration, speaking for 2 hours and 42 minutes while presenting the Union Budget 2020-21 on February 1, 2020. She had to cut the speech short with two pages remaining.

The Budget preparation is a lengthy process that begins six months before the presentation date, typically in August-September. This important document outlines the government’s fiscal policies, plans, and programs.

The process starts with the Finance Ministry issuing circulars to ministries and entities, providing guidelines for submitting their financial needs. Ministries then submit their financial data and estimates, which are reviewed by top government officials. The Finance Ministry allocates revenue in consultation with stakeholders, resolving any disagreements through discussions with the Cabinet or the Prime Minister.

Pre-budget meetings are held with various stakeholders to gather recommendations. A traditional halwa ceremony marks the start of printing the Budget documents. Finally, the Finance Minister presents the Budget to Parliament, summarising key points and the rationale behind the proposals. After discussions and approval by both houses, the Budget is sent to the President for final approval.

This year, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had tabled the Interim Budget on February 1, as it was an election year. Since the Narendra Modi government has returned to power for the third consecutive term, Sitharaman will be presenting the full Budget later this month. Sitharaman has been holding several pre-budget meetings with Industry captains as well as other ministries.

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