Union Budget 2019 Announced | Highlights of The New Budget

FM Nirmala Sitharaman has presented one of the most crucial Union Budget 2019 after Modi’s second victory. It will become a guide for upcoming reforms and policies in the next 5 years of the Modi govt.

This year’s budget speech has laid out the roadmap and announced measures to tackle several aspects of the economy.

Middle-class people stay on the same page for the expected tax reliefs, fuel prices, and gold prices.

In addition to this, FM mentions making digital payments cheaper, introduction/implementation of ATM-like One Nation Card for Pan- India travel and issuing new model on rental laws. To know Interesting facts about the Union Budget candidates can check the below PDF. This PDF will help in understanding in-depth information about the Union Budget. In various Government exams, candidates come across questions about Politics in General Awareness. Hence this PDF can help to prepare for the exams.

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Given below are the important highlights of the New Crucial Union Budget:

TAX RELATED CHANGES

• No changes have been made in the personal income tax rates.
• Custom duty on fuels raises by 1 rupee. The same increase is applicable to gold and precious items
• Petrol and diesel are expectedly going to get costlier.
• There will be a 3% surcharge on an income of Rs 2 crore; 7% on Rs 5 crore and above.
• Corporate Tax rates have been slashed to 25% from 30% for companies with a turnover of up to 400 crores.
• PAN and Aadhar for ITR can now be interchanged for those who don’t have PAN Cards.
• Advises GST Council to reduce the tax rate on EVs from 12 per cent to 5 per cent.
• Custom Duty to rise for the following: tiles, cashew kernels, vinyl flooring, auto parts, some synthetic rubber, digital and video recorder and CCTV camera.

CHANGES ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING

• Modern tenancy laws will be shared with states to promote house renting.
• Additional Rs 1.5 lakh tax relief on home loan for the purchase of a house up to Rs 45 lakh.
• To promote digital payments: 2% TDS on withdrawals of Rs 1 crore in a year from your bank account for business payments.
• MDR charges have been waived off on cashless payment.

IMPROVING LIFESTYLE

• Issuing Aadhaar card for NRIs on arrival in India.
• Rs 3,000 pension per month for workers from the informal sector.

CHANGES FOR TRANSPORTATION

• Inter-operable One Nation One transport card: ATM-like Transport card for universal travel on various modes of transport (metro, road, railways, etc).
• Govt plans to create MRO (Manufacturing, Repair, and Operate) industry.
• PPP to be used to unleash faster development and the delivery of passenger freight services.
• A comprehensive restructuring of National Highways Programme for the creation of National Highways Grid.
• The government envisions using rivers for cargo transport to decongest roads and railways.

ECONOMY CHANGES

• Fiscal deficit in FY 19 at 3.3% of the GDP.
• Govt will start raising part of borrowing in foreign currency.
• Govt external debt to GDP is among the lowest in the world.

CHANGES IN RAILWAYS

• A new PPP model will usher in the new dawn of Indian railways.
• Railways to be encouraged to invest more in suburban rail network via SPVs.
• Railway infrastructure will need an investment of Rs 50 lakh crore between 2018 and 2030.

CHANGES IN EDUCATION

• Govt to launch ‘Study in India’ program to attract foreign students in higher education.
• Allocate Rs 400 crore for world-class higher education institutions in FY 20.
• To unveil a new education policy.
• National research foundation to fund, coordinate and to promote research in the country.
• New Higher Education Commission with a focus on higher autonomy.
• New national education policy to propose changes in school, higher education