BUDGET-2013-2014

 What has become more expensive:

 Phones (6%TAX HIKE) above Rs 2000, cigarettes, watching movies, 

 eating out, SUVs(Excise duty on SUVs from 25% to 30%). 

Goodnews :

·                      60 crore farmers in the country  produced 250 millon tonnes of food grains.

·                     Country Earned Rs 138403 crore due to agricultre exports.

·                     agriculture credit hiked  to Rs 7 lakh crore for farmers.

·                     Taxpayers in the bracket of Rs 2 to 5 lakhs will get a tax credit of Rs 2500.

·                     Donations made to National Children's Fund will now be 100% deductible.

·                     Defense allocation has been increased to Rs 236000 laks.

·                     Duty free limit for Gold raised to Rs. 50,000 in case of a Male & Rs. 1 lakh for   

                    female passengers.

·                     Import duty on raw silk hiked to 15%.

·                     18% rise in excise duty on Cigarattes, cigars and cheerots.

·                     289 more cities to get private radio FM stations.

·                     Rs 14,873 crore for JNNURM for urban transportation in 2013—14 against Rs 7,880                                        crore in the current fiscal.

·                     Rs. 5,000 crore for NABARD for agri storage facilities.

·                     Rs 80,194 crore allocation for Ministry of Rural Development in 2013—14. About Rs                                        33,000 crore for MGNREGA.

·                     Rs 17,700 crore to be allocated for Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS).

·                     Rs 200 crore to Women and Child Welfare Ministry.

·                     Low interest rate funds for green projects for five years

·                     Royalty tax hiked from 10% to 25%.

·                     concessional interest rate of 6% for working capital loans to weavers.

·                     "Buyers making a first-home purchase up to Rs 25 lakhs in 2013/14 will be entitled  

                     to an additional deduction of interest up to Rs One lakh

·

Rs 41,561 crore for SC plan and Rs 24,598 crore for tribal plan.

·                     Rs 1069 crore set aside for development of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and                       homeopathy. Bad news: "Current Account deficit continues to be high due to oil, coal, gold imports  and slowdown in exports." Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) to be fixed at 1% on land deals over Rs 50 lakh. Only 42800 declarants with taxable annual income over Rs 1 crore in India, 10% tax for people with annual incomes above Rs 1 crore.

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