Budget 2016 Highlights

Tax

• Infrastructure and agriculture cess to be levied.
• Excise duty raised from 10 to 15 per cent on tobacco products other than beedis.
• 1 per cent service charge on purchase of luxury cars over Rs. 10 lakh and in-cash purchase of goods and services over Rs. 2 lakh.
• SUVs, Luxury cars to be more expensive. 4% high capacity tax for SUVs.
• Companies with revenue less than Rs 5 crore to be taxed at 29% plus surcharge.
• Limited tax compliance window from Jun 1 – Sep 30 for declaring undisclosed income at 45% incl. surcharge and penalties.
• Excise 1 per cent imposed on articles of jewellery, excluding silver.
• 5 per cent Krishi Kalyan Cess to be levied on all services.
• Pollution cess of 1 per cent on small petrol, LPG and CNG cars; 2.5 per cent on diesel cars of certain specifications; 4 per cent on higher-end models.
• Dividend in excess of Rs. 10 lakh per annum to be taxed at additional 10 per cent.

Personal Finance

• No changes have been made to existing income tax slabs.
• Rs 1,000 crore allocated for new EPF (Employees’ Provident Fund) scheme.
• will pay EPF contribution of 8.33% for all new employees for first three years.
• Deduction for rent paid will be raised from Rs 20,000 to Rs 60,000 to benefit those living in rented houses.
• Additional exemption of Rs. 50,000 for housing loans up to Rs. 35 lakh, provided cost of house is not above Rs. 50 lakh.
• Service tax exempted for housing construction of houses less than 60 sq. m.
• 15 per cent surcharge on income above Rs. 1 crore.

Social

• 38,500 crore for Mahtma Gandhi MGNREGA for 2016-17.
• Swacch Bharat Abhiyan allocated Rs.9, 500 crores.
• Hub to support SC/ST entrepreneurs.
• Government is launching a new initiative to provide cooking gas to BPL families with state support.
• LPG connections to be provided under the name of women members of family: Rs 2000 crore allocated for 5 years for BPL families.
• 87 lakh crore grants to gram panchayats and municipalities – a quantum jump of 228%.
• 300 urban clusters to be set up under Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission.
• Four schemes for animal welfare.

Health

• 2 lakh renal patients added every year in India. Basic dialysis equipment gets some relief.
• A new health protection scheme for health covers upto 1 lakh per family.
• National Dialysis Service Prog with funds thru PPP mode to provide dialysis at all district hospitals.
• Senior citizens will get additional healthcare cover of Rs 30,000 under the new scheme.
• PM Jan Aushadhi Yojana to be strengthened, 300 generic drug store to be opened.

Education

• Scheme to get Rs.500 cr. for promoting entrepreneurship among SC/ST.
• 10 public and 10 private educational institutions to be made world-class.
• Digital repository for all school leaving certificates and diplomas. Rs. 1,000 crore for higher education financing.
• 1,700 crore for 1500 multi-skill development centers.
• 62 new navodaya vidyalayas to provide quality education.
• Digital literacy scheme to be launched to cover 6 crore additional rural households.
• Entrepreneurship training to be provided across schools, colleges and massive online courses.
• Objective to skill 1 crore youth in the next 3 years under the PM Kaushal Vikas Yojna.
• National Skill Development Mission has imparted training to 76 lakh youth. 1500 Multi-skill training institutes to be set up.

Energy

• 3000 crore earmarked for nuclear power generation.
• drawing comprehensive plan to be implemented in next 15-20 years for exploiting nuclear energy.
• to provide incentive for deepwater gas exploration.
• Deepwater gas new disc to get calibrated market freedom, pre-determined ceiling price based on landed price of alternate fuels.

Investments and infrastructure

• 27,000 crore to be spent on roadways.
• 65 eligible habitats to be connected via 2.23 lakh kms of road. Current construction pace is 100 kms/day.
• Shops to be given option to remain open all seven days in a week across markets.
• 55,000 crore for roads and highways. Total allocation for road construction, including PMGSY, – Rs 97,000 crore.
• India’s highest-ever production of motor vehicles was recorded in 2015.
• Total outlay for infrastructure in Budget 2016 now stands at Rs. 2, 21,246 crore.
• New Greenfield ports to be developed on east and west coasts.
• Revival of underserved airports. Centre to Partner with States to revive small airports for regional connectivity.
• 100 per cent FDI in marketing of food products produced and marketed in India.
• of Disinvestment to be renamed as Dept. of Investment and Public Asset Management.
• will amend Motor Vehicle Act in passenger vehicle segment to allow innovation.
• MAT will be applicable for startups that qualify for 100 per cent tax exemption.
• Direct tax proposals result in revenue loss of Rs.1060 crore, indirect tax proposals result in gain of Rs.20,670 crore.

Agriculture

• Total allocation for agriculture and farmer welfare at Rs 35984 crores.
• 5 lakh hectares of land will be brought under irrigation.
• 5 lakh acres to be brought under organic farming over a three year period.
• Rs 60,000 crore for recharging of ground water recharging as there is urgent need to focus on drought hit areas cluster development for water conservation.
• Dedicated irrigation fund in NABARD of Rs.20.000 cr.
• Nominal premium and highest ever compensation in case of crop loss under the PM Fasal Bima Yojna.

Banking

• Banks get a big boost: Rs 25,000 crore towards recapitalization of public sector banks. Jaitley says: Banking Board Bureau will be operationalised, we stand solidly behind public sector banks.
• Target of disbursement under MUDRA increased to 1, 80,000 crore.
• Process of transfer of government stake in IDBI Bank below 50% started.
• General Insurance companies will be listed in the stock exchange.
• Govt to increase ATMs, micro-ATMs in post offices in next three years.

 

 

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