Union budget: 2018-19
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BUDGET DOCUMENTS
- Key to Budget Documents
- Budget Speech
- Budget at a Glance
- Annual Financial Statement
- Finance Bill
- Memorandum
- Receipt Budget
- Expenditure Budget
- Customs & Central Excise
- The Macro Economic Framework Statement
- The Medium Term Fiscal Policy Statement
- The Fiscal Policy Strategy Statement
- Implementation of Budget Announcements 2017-2018
- Output Outcome Framework for Schemes 2018-2019
DETAILED BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS
HIGHLIGHTS
SPECIAL REPORTS
- Luxury cars to get costlier with hike in custom duty on CKD imports
- Budget will bring India new direction, growth: PM
- Income Tax slabs remain; some relief to salaried class, senior citizens
- Budget banks on medium, small and micro enterprises for job creation
- Long term capital gains to be taxed at 10%
- Deficit at 3.5% misses target by 0.3%; FM vows to bring it down
- Government terms cryptocurrencies illegal
- No major Income Tax benefits, but some sops
- Missed the fiscal deficit: Nomura
- Budget is pro-growth, MSP hike will help farmers: PM
SECTORS
- First defence production corridor to connect Chennai to Bengaluru
- Railway track renewal, rolling stock, station upgradation on the anvil
- Infrastructure, financial sector to complement growth
- Jaitley moves towards better healthcare with Rs5 lakh for poor
- Agriculture, rural economy to get a big boost
- Budget boosts funds for tribals, Dalits: FM
- Govt earmarks Rs 10,000-crore for telecom infrastructure
- Customs duty hiked for Mobiles, TVs, micros
- ‘Ayushman Bharat’ a big step towards healthcare for all
- Eye on China! Tunnel to be constructed under Sela Pass in Arunachal Pradesh: Arun Jaitley
REACTIONS
- Well rounded expectation mangement
- Favourable for consumer durable industry
- Capital gains on sale of assets by ailing company would have boosted IBC
- Should be commended on sticking to fiscal discipline
- Good for agriculture, allied sectors
- Jaitley’s budget ‘a textbook exercise in post-truth’: Yechuri
- Eklavya schools for tribal children will bring the marginalized into the mainstream
- MSME NPAs require a different approach
- Reduction in corporate tax for MSMEs welcome
- Grandfathering a relief for markets
- Boosts life and health cover
- Boosts Infrastructure
- War on cryptocurrency