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Budget 2019 Updates: Just a trailer of Budget which will come after elections, says PM Modi
The Interim Budget 2019, also known as a vote on account, will seek the Parliament’s nod for meeting the expenditure for the first six months of new fiscal—2019-20.
Updated : Feb 01, 2019, 05:18 PM IST
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Months before the general elections, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday announced sops and schemes to woo farmers, poor and the middle-class salaried workers. While a direct income scheme of Rs 6,000 per year for small farmers was announced by the finance minister, salaried employees got a huge tax break.
For Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Cabinet, which is facing increasing criticism over several issues like rising farmer distress, loss of jobs and a lower growth rate, the Budget was a do or die attempt. The government focused on wooing its three key constituencies -- farmers, the middle class-women-senior citizens segment and small businesses.
Highlights of Budget 2019 speech
Goyal, who examined the final copy of the interim budget document on Thursday evening, started his Budget 2019 speech in the Lok Sabha at 11 am and spoke for nearly 1 hour and 45 minutes. Goyal was appointed interim Finance Minister on January 23 with Arun Jaitley undergoing treatment in the United States.
Follow Union Budget 2019 LIVE here.
While the Finance Minister made a landmark announcement of providing Rs 6,000 as assured income to poor and marginalised farmers annually, he also said that MNREGA allocation has been set at Rs 60,000 crore to create employment opportunities.
Just before concluding his speech, he spurned a surprise. Individual taxpayers having annual taxable income upto 5 lakh will get a full tax rebate, Goyal announced, inviting luud thumping of tables ad sloganeering in the Parliament.
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The unorganised sector needed more safeguarding of their interests and the budget has done so. The PM Shram Yogi Man Dhan Yojana will strengthen their lives. Ayushman Bharat Yojana and social security schemes are also going to touch their lives: PM Modi
For years, many initiatives have been initiated for farmers but sadly, lot of farmers never came under the ambit of these schemes. The PM Kisan Nidhi will help those farmers who have under 5 acres of land. This scheme is a historic step for farmer welfare: PM Modi
I congratulate the middle class for the relief in taxes. I salute the middle class for their stellar contribution towards the development of the nation: PM
Over 12 crore farmers and their families, over 3 crores salaried professionals and their families will gain. It is good to see more people being removed from the shackles of poverty. Our Neo-middle class is rising and so are their dreams: PM
From middle class to labourers, from farmers’ growth to the development of businessmen, from manufacturing to MSME sector, from growth of the economy to development of New India, everyone has been taken care of in this interim budget: PM Modi
From housing to healthcare, several aspects have been touched in the interim budget. The development initiatives of the NDA government have touched several lives: Modi
This Interim Budget is just a trailer of the Budget which, after elections, will take India on the path to development: Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Those sitting in AC rooms cannot understand the plight of the small farmers. Keeping this in mind, we have introduced Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme. This is a historic decision: Piyush Goyal
14:20 IST The budget has met the expectations of farmers, labourers & middle class. By bearing a cost of Rs 75,000 crore, the govt will implement Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme. This scheme will also benefit those farmers who do not take loans: BJP Chief Amit Shah
The whole exercise has turned out to be a damn squib. We've seen one good thing that is tax exemption for the middle class. Rs 6000 in income support for farmers boils down to Rs 500 per month. Is that supposed to enable them to live with the honour&dignity?: Shashi Tharoor, Congress
Check the highlights of Finance Minister Piyush Goyal's Budget 2019 speech:
Development became a Jan Andolan (people's movement) under the present Government: FM
This is not just an Interim Budget, this is a vehicle for the developmental transformation of the nation: FM
Expert take- Sanjay Agarwal, Senior Partner, TASS Advisors: A surprise in the middle of his speech. Individual taxpayers having annual taxable income upto 5 lakh to get full tax rebate. So if a person has made an investment of Rs. 150000 under section 80C and now the exemption limit of Rs. 500000. He would not have to pay any tax upto Rs. 6,50,000 of his income.
- This would benefit the lower and middle class tax payers.
- TDS threshold for rent (sec 194I) has been increased from 1,80,000 to 2,40,000.
- LTCG Exemption u/s 54 available on 2 residential houses for gains upto Rs 2 crore which can be availed once in lifetime.
- Exempt levy of INcome tax of notional rent on second house property.
- For salaried persons - standard deduction raised from 40,000 to 50,000.
- TDS threshold limit on interest raised from 10,000 to 40,000.
- Standard deduction also increased from 40k to 50k to benefit small income group.
Benefits under Sec 80(i)BA being extended for one more year, for all housing projects approved till end of 2019-2020: FM
TDS threshold on rental income raised from 1.8 lakh to 2.4 lakh rupees: FM Goyal
TDS threshold on interest on bank and post office deposits raised from 10,000 to40,000
Standard tax deduction for salaried persons raised from 40,000 rupees to 50,000 rupees: FM
Around 3 crore middle class taxpayers will get tax exemption due to this measure: FM
Individuals with gross income up to 6.5 lakh rupees will not need to pay any tax if they make investments in provident funds and prescribed equities: FM
Individual taxpayers with annual income up to Rs 5 lakh to get full tax rebate, announces FM
On behalf of all the people of India and our Government, thank all our taxpayers for their valuable contribution to nation-building and for providing a better quality of life to poor and marginalized: FM
Amendments proposed to ensure streamlined system for levy of stamp duties, to be imposed and collected at one place, seamlessly: FM
Along with completion of fiscal deficit consolidation programme, we will now focus on debt-to-GDP ratio consolidation: FM
56,619 crore made in BE 2018-19 for welfare of SCs and STs, increased to 62,474 crore in RE 2018-19 has been further increased to 76,800 crore in BE 2019-20: FM
Capital expenditure - 3.36,292 lakh crore, says FM
FM announces fiscal deficit as a proportion of GDP - 3.4% for the coming year, considering need for income support for farmers. Expenditure to rise by 13% from RE 2018-19 to BE 2019-20: FM
10) Minimum Government Maximum Governance, with proactive, responsible and friendly bureaucracy, electronic governance is the 10th dimension of our vision for India for 2030: FM Shri Piyush Goyal
9) Healthy India, with distress-free and comprehensive wellness system for all is the ninth dimension of our vision for 2030
8) Self-sufficiency in food and improving agricultural productivity with emphasis on organic food
7) India becoming launchpad of the world, placing an Indian astronaut in space by 2022
6) Oceans and coastlines is the sixth dimension of our vision for 2030:
5) Clean Rivers - with safe drinking water to all Indians, sustaining and nourishing life, using micro-irrigation techniques; long coastline can be pivotal for the economy, using strength of blue economy and SagarMala
4) Expanding rural industrialization using modern industrial technologies, based on Make In India approach, using grassroot MSMEs and startups across the country
3) Clean and Green India - an India that drives electric vehicles, with renewables becoming major source of energy, bringing down import dependence and increasing energy security for our people
2) To build a Digital India that reaches every citizen, our youth will lead us in this, by creating innumerable startups and jobs
1) To build next-gen infrastructure - physical as well as social - for a 10 trillion dollar economy and to provide Ease of Living
FM Goyal underlines 10 most important dimensions that will guide the Government in Vision 2030
We are poised to become a 5 trillion dollar economy in the next five years, we aspire to become a 10 trillion dollar economy in the next eight years: FM
18% increase in direct tax collections in 2017-18, 1.06 crore people included in tax base; more than 1 crore citizens filed IT returns for the first time, after demonetization: FM
Committed to eliminating the ills of black money; anti-blackmoney measures taken have brought undisclosed income of about 1.30 lakh crore rupees to the surface; 3.38 lakh shell companies deregistered: FM
Indian Customs is implementing full digitization of exim transactions and leveraging RFID for logistics: FM
Expert take- Sanjay Agarwal, Partner, TASS Advisors:
It is seen that the expectation has been crushed for a common man who was wishing to get some higher exemption and also some more benefit under 80c. The budget just kept silent on these aspects which has been highly disappointing.
14% growth in state tax collections was guaranteed and underwritten by Government of India: FM
GST collections in January 2019 has crossed 1 lakh crore rupees: FM
Businesses with less than Rs. 5 crore annual turnover, comprising over 90% of GST payers, will be allowed to return quarterly returns: FM
Expert take - Joe Verghese, Managing Director, Colliers International India:
After the first budget in 2014-15, the real estate/construction industry has not been a big focus for the government. Significantly, enhancing the exemption limit for the general category of individual tax payers would been seen as a big positive by the salaried class and would also help increasing the buying power of the potential homebuyer, thereby boosting the real estate industry while also assisting in achieving the "housing for all" objective:
Group of Ministers examining how prospective house buyers can benefit under GST: FM
GST has been continuously reduced, resulting in relief of 80,000 crore rupees to consumers; most items of daily use for poor and middle class are now in the 0%-5% tax bracket: FM Goyal
GST is the undoubtedly the biggest taxation reform implemented since Independence; through tax consolidation, India became one common market; inter-state movements became faster through e-way bills, improving: FM
Impactful steps taken in reducing tax, bringing benefits for middle class citizens: FM
Within almost two years, almost all assessment and verification of IT returns will be done electronically by an anonymized tax system without any intervention by tax officials: FM
99.54% returns have been accepted without any scrutiny: FM
Direct tax collections from 6.38 lakh crore rupees in 2013-14 to almost 12 lakh crore rupees; tax base up from 3.79 crore to 6.85 crore: FM
Simplification of direct tax system will benefit taxpayers; direct tax reduced and tax interface made simpler and faceless to make life easier; resulting in increase in tax collections and return filings: FM
Single window clearance for filmmaking to be made available to Indian filmmakers, anit-camcording provision to be introduced to Cinematography Act to combat film privacy: FM
34 crore JanDhan Yojana accounts opened in last five years; Aadhaar almost universally implemented; ensuring poor and middle class receive government benefits directly: FM Goyal
Expert take- Sanjay Agarwal of Tass Advisors:
100000 digital villages to be created in next 5 years. A move to connected rural population with urban population a good move to support growth and development of poor.
Cost of data and voice calls in India is now possibly the lowest in the world; mobile and mobile part manufacturing companies have increased from 2 to 268: FM Goyal
2% interest subvention to farmers for animal husbandry: FM
Allocation for NorthEastern Region proposed to be increased to 58,166 crore in this year, a 21% rise over previous year: FM
Urgent action needed to increase hydrocarbon production to decrease imports; change in bidding procedure and exploration procedure being implemented: FM Goyal
Our commitment to promote renewable energy is reflected in our initiative to set up International Solar Alliance; installed solar generation capacity has increased 10 times in last five years; lakhs of new jobs being created by the sector: FM
Vande Bharat Express will provide speed, service and safety to citizens and will give a boost to Make In India: FM
India is the fastest highway developer in the whole world, 27 kms of highways built each day, projects stuck for decades completed; Sagar Mala will help faster handling of import and export cars: FM Goyal
Defence budget enhanced beyond 3 lakh crore rupees, will be allocated more if needed: FM Piyush Goyal
Construction of rural roads has been tripled; 15.8 lakh out of a total 17.84 lakh habitations have been connected with pucca roads under PMGSY. PMGSY allocated 19,000 crore rupees in 2019-20: FM Piyush Goyal
Already disbursed 35,000 crore rupees for our soldiers under OROP, substantial hike in military service pay has been announced: FM Goyal
Our soldiers are our pride and honour; OROP, pending for last 40 years, has been implemented by us: FM Goyal
Transactions of more than 17,500 crore rupees on Government e-Marketplace, resulting in savings of 25%-28%: FM
Rs 1 crore loan can now be obtained under 59 minutes: FM Piyush Goyal
9 nine priority areas identified; National Artificial Intelligence Portal to be developed soon: FM Piyush Goyal
Within a short time of launch of Ayushman Bharat, the healthcare scheme, nearly 10 lakh people have benefited and have saved around 3000 crore rupees of their hard earned income: FM Piyush Goyal
India's youth have turned job creators from job seekers, India has become the second largest hub for startups: FM Piyush Goyal
75% of woman beneficiaries under PM Mudra Yojana, 26 weeks of maternity leave and Pradhan Mantri Matritva Yojana, are all empowering women: FM Piyush Goyal
Govt has already provided 6 crore of targeted 8 crore gas connections to rural households under the Ujjawala scheme: FM
Committee under NITI Aayog to be set up to identify and denotify nomadic and semi-nomadic communities; Welfare Development Board to be set up under Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment for welfare of these hard-to-reach communities and for tailored strategic interventions: FM Piyush Goyal
Will benefit 10 crore workers in unorganised sector, may become the world's biggest pension scheme for unorganised sector in five years: FM Piyush Goyal
Mega Pension Yojana, namely Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Mandhan, to provide assured monthly pension of 3000 rupees per month, with contribution of 100 rupees per month, for workers in unorganized sector after 60 years of age: FM Shri Piyush Goyal
50% of the GDP comes from sweat and toil of 42 crore workers in unorganized sector: FM Shri Piyush Goyal
Gratuity limit increased from 10 lakh to 30 lakh rupees: FM
High growth and formalization of economy has resulted in increased EPFO membership by 2 crore in last two years: FM Piyush Goyal
In place of rescheduling of crop loans, all farmers severely affected by severe natural calamities will get 2% interest subvention and additional 3% interest subvention upon timely repayment: FM Piyush Goyal
2% interest subvention to farmers pursuing animal husbandry and fisheries: FM Piyush Goyal
Increased allocation for Rashtriya Gokul Mission to 750 crore in current year: FM Piyush Goyal
This initiative will benefit 12 crore small and marginal farmers, at an estimated cost of Rs. 75,000 crore, this will enable farmers to earn a respectable living: FM Piyush Goyal
Under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, Rs 6,000 rupees per year for each farmer, in three installments, to be transferred directly to farmers' bank accounts, for farmers with less than 2 hectares land holding: FM Piyush Goyal
The scheme will be implemented from December 1, 2018: FM
To provide assured income support for small and marginal farmers, Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi has been approved: FM Piyush Goyal
The 4R approach and a number of measures have been implemented to ensure clean banking : FM Piyush Goyal 1.Recognition, 2.Resolution, 3.Recapitalization, 4.Reforms
For welfare of farmers and for doubling their income, historic decision taken to increase MSP by 1.5 times the production cost for all 22 crops: FM
22nd AIIMS to be set up in Haryana: FM Piyush Goyal
21 AIIMSs operating or being established, 14 of these have been announced since 2014: FM Piyush Goyal
Ayushman Bharat, the world's largest healthcare programme, launched to provide medical care to nearly 50 crore people, resulting in 3,000 crore savings by families of poor sections: FM Piyush Goyal
During 2014-18, 1.53 crore houses have been constructed under PM Awas Yojana: FM Piyush Goyal
Pace of construction of rural roads has been tripled under our tenure: FM
From empty promises in the past, targeted expenditure has been undertaken to improve quality of life in villages; we aim to bring development, preserving the soul of villages: FM
India is solidly back on track and marching towards growth and prosperity: FM Piyush Goyal
1,70,000 crore spent for bringing food at affordable rates to poor people: FM
Efforts taken to bring full representation for economically weak backward classes, by giving them reservation in jobs and education: FM
As a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, world's largest behavioural change movement Swachh Bharat initiated; more than 98% rural sanitation coverage has been achieved; more than 5.45 lakh villages declared ODF: mindset change achieved, becoming a Jan Andolan: FM
Efforts have been initiated to bring full representation for economically weak backward classes, by giving them reservation in jobs and education, says FM Goyal
Confident that given the pace of reforms in banking sector, other banks too will recover: FM
Recapitalization of banks amounting to 2.6 lakh crore has been done: FM
Close to 3 lakh crore already recovered in favour of banks and creditors, big defaulters too not spared by our government: FM
Number of measures implemented to ensure clean banking, a resolution friendly mechanism has been instituted for recovery of non-performing loans: FM
The next-gen reforms in last five years have set the stage for decades of high growth: FM
Fiscal deficit has been brought down to 3.4% in the revised estimate of 2018-19: FM
Hamara sarkar ne kamar tod mehngai ki kamar hi tod di: Piyush Goyal
Inflation is a hidden and unfair tax; from 10.1% during 2009-14, we have broken the back of back-breaking inflation. Inflation in December 2018 was just 2.1%: FM: FM
I can proudly say India is back on track and moving towards progress and prosperity, says Goyal
They'll try to introduce populist schemes in the Budget keeping an eye on Lok Sabha polls. Budgets they've presented so far haven’t really benefitted general public. Only ‘Jumlas’ will come out today. They've only 4 months when will they implement the schemes?: Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress
The last five budgets have been dedicated to the farmers, the government's sixth budget will also be for the farmers, it will empower them: Radha Mohan Singh, Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
Sensex up by 151.44 points, currently trading at 36,408.13
The way the government has increased the investment in railways, from installing CCTV cameras to WiFi, I believe further investment in railways will certainly be increased: Manoj Sinha, Minister of State for Railways
#WATCH Finance Minister Piyush Goyal arrives at the Parliament with the #Budget briefcase. He will present the interim #Budget 2019-20 at 11 am #Budget2019 pic.twitter.com/4sCsHZUCBI
— ANI (@ANI) February 1, 2019
Finance Minister Piyush Goyal arrives at the Parliament with the Budget briefcase.
The Interim Budget, also known as a vote on account, will seek the Parliament’s nod for meeting the expenditure for the first six months of new fiscal—2019-20. A full-fledged Budget will be presented in Parliament once the new Central government is formed after the General Elections, due in March-April.
