Following are some of the key highlights of the Union Budget 2013-14 presented by Finance Minister P Chidambaram in Parliament on Thursday (February 28):
*No change in income tax slabs
*Relief of Rs 2,000 for tax payers in tax bracket of Rs 2-5 lakh
*10 pc surcharge on persons with taxable income of over Rs 1 crore
*Tobacco products, SUVs and mobile phones to cost more
*Income limit under Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme raised to 12 lakh from Rs 10 lakh
*First home loan of up to Rs 25 lakh to get extra interest deduction of up to Rs 1 lakh
*Duty free limit of gold import increased to Rs 50,000 for male passengers and Rs 1 lakh for female passengers
*India's first women's bank to be set up by October
* Concessional six per cent interest on loans to weavers
* Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana benefit extended to rickshaw pullers, auto and taxi drivers, among others
* 'Nirbhaya Fund' of Rs 1,000 crore to empower women and provide safety in the wake of Delhi gang-rape incident
*Fiscal deficit for 2013-14 pegged at 4.8 pc of GDP and 5.2 per cent in 2012-13
*Plan expenditure pegged at Rs 5,55,322 crore and non-Plan at Rs 11,09,975 crore
*New taxes to collect Rs 18,000 crore for government
*Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme launched for recovering service tax dues
*Rs 14,000 crore earmarked for capital infusion in public sector banks in 2013-14
*Refinance capacity of SIDBI raised to Rs 10,000 crore
*TUF Scheme for textile sector to continue in 12th Plan with an investment of Rs 1.51 lakh crore
*Rs 9,000 crore earmarked as first instalment of balance of CST compensation to states
*Defence allocation at Rs 203,672 crore, education Rs 65,867 crore and Rural Development Ministry Rs 80,194 cr
*Rs 10,000 crore earmarked for National Food Security towards incremental cost
*Farm credit target set at Rs 7 lakh crore as against Rs 5.75 lakh crore in 2012-13
*Direct Benefit Transfer scheme to be rolled out in the entire country during tenure of UPA government
*Commodity transaction tax of 0.01 per cent proposed on non-agri futures traded on commodity bourses
*Securities Transaction Tax brought down to 0.01 per cent
*No change in basic customs duty; normal excise and service tax rates unchanged at 12 per cent
*Handmade carpets and textile floor coverings of coir or jute exempted from excise duty
*Excise duty on SUVs increased to 30 per cent from 27 per cent
*Chidambaram says India to become USD 5 trillion economy, and among top five in the world by 2025
*High current account deficit (CAD) a worry
*Food inflation a worry, govt to take all possible steps to augment supply side bottlenecks
*Govt proposes India's first Women's Bank as a public sector bank with Rs 1,000 crore initial capital; banking licence likely by October
*Foreign Trade Policy next month
*Two new major ports to come in West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh to add 100 million tonnes of capacity
*Mid-Day Meal Scheme (MDM) to get Rs 13,215 crore
*Post offices to come on core banking solution and offer real time banking services; Rs 532 cr allocated for 2013-14
*Modified GAAR to be incorporated in Income-tax Act; the provisions to come into effect from April 2016
*Govt proposes to expand scope of annual information returns, extend epayment facility through more banks, extend the refund banker system to refunds of more than Rs 50,000
*E-filing mandatory for more categories of assessees
*Direct Taxes Code (DTC) in the ongoing Budget session
*No change in income tax slabs
*Relief of Rs 2,000 for tax payers in tax bracket of Rs 2-5 lakh
*10 pc surcharge on persons with taxable income of over Rs 1 crore
*Tobacco products, SUVs and mobile phones to cost more
*Income limit under Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme raised to 12 lakh from Rs 10 lakh
*First home loan of up to Rs 25 lakh to get extra interest deduction of up to Rs 1 lakh
*Duty free limit of gold import increased to Rs 50,000 for male passengers and Rs 1 lakh for female passengers
*India's first women's bank to be set up by October
* Concessional six per cent interest on loans to weavers
* Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana benefit extended to rickshaw pullers, auto and taxi drivers, among others
* 'Nirbhaya Fund' of Rs 1,000 crore to empower women and provide safety in the wake of Delhi gang-rape incident
*Fiscal deficit for 2013-14 pegged at 4.8 pc of GDP and 5.2 per cent in 2012-13
*Plan expenditure pegged at Rs 5,55,322 crore and non-Plan at Rs 11,09,975 crore
*New taxes to collect Rs 18,000 crore for government
*Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme launched for recovering service tax dues
*Rs 14,000 crore earmarked for capital infusion in public sector banks in 2013-14
*Refinance capacity of SIDBI raised to Rs 10,000 crore
*TUF Scheme for textile sector to continue in 12th Plan with an investment of Rs 1.51 lakh crore
*Rs 9,000 crore earmarked as first instalment of balance of CST compensation to states
*Defence allocation at Rs 203,672 crore, education Rs 65,867 crore and Rural Development Ministry Rs 80,194 cr
*Rs 10,000 crore earmarked for National Food Security towards incremental cost
*Farm credit target set at Rs 7 lakh crore as against Rs 5.75 lakh crore in 2012-13
*Direct Benefit Transfer scheme to be rolled out in the entire country during tenure of UPA government
*Commodity transaction tax of 0.01 per cent proposed on non-agri futures traded on commodity bourses
*Securities Transaction Tax brought down to 0.01 per cent
*No change in basic customs duty; normal excise and service tax rates unchanged at 12 per cent
*Handmade carpets and textile floor coverings of coir or jute exempted from excise duty
*Excise duty on SUVs increased to 30 per cent from 27 per cent
*Chidambaram says India to become USD 5 trillion economy, and among top five in the world by 2025
*High current account deficit (CAD) a worry
*Food inflation a worry, govt to take all possible steps to augment supply side bottlenecks
*Govt proposes India's first Women's Bank as a public sector bank with Rs 1,000 crore initial capital; banking licence likely by October
*Foreign Trade Policy next month
*Two new major ports to come in West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh to add 100 million tonnes of capacity
*Mid-Day Meal Scheme (MDM) to get Rs 13,215 crore
*Post offices to come on core banking solution and offer real time banking services; Rs 532 cr allocated for 2013-14
*Modified GAAR to be incorporated in Income-tax Act; the provisions to come into effect from April 2016
*Govt proposes to expand scope of annual information returns, extend epayment facility through more banks, extend the refund banker system to refunds of more than Rs 50,000
*E-filing mandatory for more categories of assessees
*Direct Taxes Code (DTC) in the ongoing Budget session
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