{"id":541,"date":"2019-07-05T14:57:09","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T09:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-440531-1379741.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=541"},"modified":"2019-07-18T18:38:35","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T13:08:35","slug":"finance-minister-nirmala-sitharaman-presented-the-maiden-budget-of-narendra-modi-2-0-government-in-the-lok-sabha-on-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.assamtimespost.in\/?p=541","title":{"rendered":"Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the maiden budget of Narendra Modi 2.0 government in the Lok Sabha on Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Highlights of Union Budget 2019-20<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1 PAN and Aadhaar will become interchangeable. You can use your Aadhaar number to file your I-T Returns soon.<\/p>\n

2. \u20b95 lakh minimum limit announced for taxpayers. In view of rising income levels, those in the \u20b92-5 crore and \u20b95 crore-and-above brackets will see increase in effective tax rate by 3% and 7%, respectively.<\/p>\n

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3 GST rate on electric vehicles proposed to be lowered to 5%. Additional income tax deduction of \u20b91.5 lakh on interest on loans taken to purchase electric vehicles.<\/p>\n

4. Additional deduction of \u20b91.5 lakh on loans up to March 31 2020 for buying affordable houses, giving \u20b9 7 lakh benefit to home buyers.
\n5. Proposal to provide Aadhaar cards for NRIs with Indian passports, after their arrival in India, with no waiting period.<\/p>\n

6. \u20b920 coin coming up.<\/p>\n

7. Excise duty on fuel hiked by \u20b91.<\/p>\n

8. To resolve the angel tax issue, startups will not be subject to any scrutiny in respect to valuation. Funds raised by startups will not require any scrutiny by the I-T department.<\/p>\n

9. TDS of 2% on cash withdrawals exceeding \u20b91 crore in a year from bank accounts, to discourage business payments in cash.<\/p>\n

10. Period of exemption for capital gains arising from sale of house for investment in startups to be extended to March 31, 2021.<\/p>\n

11. \u20b970,000 crore in recapitalisation for public sector banks.<\/p>\n

12. \u20b91.05 lakh crore disinvestment target for the year.<\/p>\n

13. TV channel to be launched for promoting startups and to help matchmaking for funds.<\/p>\n

14. New national educational policy hopes to transform Indian education into one of the best in the world, with focus on bringing in foreign students.<\/p>\n

15. \u20b950 lakh crores proposed for Railway infrastructure.<\/p>\n

16. By 2022, the 75th year of Independence, every single rural family, except those who are unwilling to take the connection, will have electricity and clean cooking facility.<\/p>\n

17. Stress on Zero Budget Farming, which is a form of gardening as a self-sustainable practice, with minimum external intervention.<\/p>\n

18. The pension benefit will be extended to 3 crore retail traders under PM Karam Yogi Maan Dhan Scheme. It requires only Aadhaar numbers and bank accounts.<\/p>\n

19. \u20b91 crore worth of loans proposed to MSMEs. The Government will extend pension benefits to 3 crore retail traders and shopkeepers who have a revenue of less than \u20b91.5 crore.<\/p>\n

20. Investment by FIIs and FDIs in debt securities in infrastructure debt funds to be allowed. Minimum public shareholding in listed companies can be increased from 25% to 35%.<\/p>\n

21. Global Investors Meet to happen in India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Highlights of Union Budget 2019-20 1 PAN and Aadhaar will become interchangeable. You can use your Aadhaar number to file your I-T Returns soon. 2. \u20b95 lakh minimum limit announced for taxpayers. In view of rising income levels, those in the \u20b92-5 crore and \u20b95 crore-and-above brackets will see increase in effective tax rate by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":157369,"url":"https:\/\/www.assamtimespost.in\/?p=157369","url_meta":{"origin":541,"position":0},"title":"Cachar Police (Assam) Seize 34,400 Foreign Cigarette Packs, Arrest Two","author":"News Desk","date":"August 25, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Cachar Police seized 34,400 packs of foreign-made cigarettes and arrested two alleged smugglers during an operation near the Balachara toll gate on the Silchar\u2013Haflong National Highway. 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