• Highlights:     Pranab presents Union Budget 2011-12 in Parliament
  • Highlights:     Development needs to be more inclusive: Pranab
  • Highlights:     Corruption needs to be fought unitedly
  • Highlights:     Economy showed remarkable resilience to domestic and international shocks
  • Highlights:     GDP growth at 8.2% last year
  • Highlights:     GDP growth to be 8.6% in FY 11
  • Highlights:     GDP growth to be around 9% in FY 12
  • Highlights:     Registered mutual funds from foreign subscriptions
  • Highlights:     Direct Tax Code Bill likely to be passed by Parliament next FY
  • Highlights:     DTC Bill after getting Standing Committee report
  • Highlights:     Govt to keep up tempo of disinvestment process
  • Highlights:     New Companies Bill in current session
  • Highlights:     Rs 6000 cr to capitalise public banks
  • Highlights:     Cash subsidy details for fertilizers, fuels by June
  • Highlights:     To extend interest rate benefits on some housing loans
  • Highlights:     Propose to provide Rs 300 crore to boost output of pulses
  • Highlights:     To provide Rs 300 crore to increase palm oil output
  • Highlights:     To provide Rs 300 crore to raise coarse cereal output
  • Highlights:     Rs 7860 crore for farmer development program
  • Highlights:     FM proposes 15 mega food parks
  • Highlights:     To provide additional 3% interest benefit on some farm loans
  • Highlights:     To set up additional 4 mn ton food-grain storage facilities by March 2012`
  • Highlights:     Financial sector reforms to move forward
  • Highlights:     Insurance Amendment bill, LIC bill in current session
  • Highlights:     Pension Development Authority bill in current session
  • Highlights:     Five-fold strategy to combat black money
  • Highlights:     Infra spending to be raised by 23%
  • Highlights:     Nabard capital base to be strengthened with Rs 10,000 cr
  • Highlights:     Money laundering legislation’s scope expanded
  • Highlights:     Strength of ED increased three-fold
  • Highlights:     NREGA wages to indexed to inflation
  • Highlights:     Increased outlay in social sector
  • Highlights:     RS 58,000 cr for Bharat Nirman
  • Highlights:     Rs 52000 crore for education
  • Highlights:     Investment in fertiliser prod to be considered as infrastructure sub-sector
  • Highlights:     Proposal to introduce self-assessment of customs duty
  • Highlights:     Importers and exporters to assess payment of duty themselves
  • Highlights:     A new scheme for refund of service tax on lines of drawback of duties
  • Highlights:     Tax free bonds of Rs 30,000 cr to be issued for infrastructure development
  • Highlights:     Tax free bonds to cover Warehousing Corp, NHAI, IRFC & HUDCO
  • Highlights:     Educational scholarships for SC/ST and needy
  • Highlights:     Credit flows to farmers raised from Rs 3.75 lakh cr to Rs 4.75 lakh cr
  • Highlights:     Govt to promote organic farming methods to benefit farmers
  • Highlights:     Banking Laws Amendment Bill in current session
  • Highlights:     SBI Subsidiaries bill, BIFR bill also in current session
  • Highlights:     Indian micro finance equity with SIDBI to be formed at Rs 100 cr
  • Highlights:     Proposal to increase rural housing fund to Rs 3,000 cr
  • Highlights:     Plans to create a Women SHG development fund with a corpus of Rs 500 cr
  • Highlights:     Allocation under RKVY to be raised from Rs 6755 cr in the current year to Rs 7860 cr
  • Highlights:     Rs 300 cr for promoting pulses cultivation in rain-fed areas
  • Highlights:     Rs 300 cr to promote farm product cultivation
  • Highlights:     State innovation councils to be set up
  • Highlights:     National mission for hybrid electric machines
  • Highlights:     Anganwadi workers salary increased from Rs 1500 to Rs
  • Highlights:     National Knowledge Network by 2013
  • Highlights:     Rs 54 crore each for AMU centres
  • Highlights:     Relaxation in exit age for BLP pension scheme
  • Highlights:     To spend Rs 267.6 bn on health next fiscal year
  • Highlights:     To spend Rs 1.64 lakh crore on defence next FY
  • Highlights:     Rs 9 lakh ex gratia for disabled defence personnel
  • Highlights:     Rs 30,000 cr tax free bonds for infratructure
  • Highlights:     Relation in e-filing on taxes for small tax payers
  • Highlights:     Rs 25-30 crore for development in Naxal area
  • Highlights:     Fiscal consolidation impressive
  • Highlights:     Agriculture has rebounded
  • Highlights:     Food 20.2% Feb 20, 2010 - 9.3% in January 2011
  • Highlights:     Idea to improve deliverance, PDS and governance
  • Highlights:     Need to ensure private investment
  • Highlights:     Service sector continues to grow in double digits
  • Highlights:     Resources not a major concern in medium term
  • Highlights:     Quality of outcome needs to improve
  • Highlights:     Leakages need to be plugged in schemes
  • Highlights:     Public Debt Management Agency Bill soon
  • Highlights:     Work on model for GST roll out
  • Highlights:     GTC, GST will improve governance
  • Highlights:     Indian economy on pre-recession growth trajectory
  • Highlights:     Budget 2011-12 is transition towards more transparent and result-oriented economic mgt
  • Highlights:     Direct transfer of cash subsidy for kerosene, LPG and fertilizer to BPL
  • Highlights:     Nandan Nilikani committee to look at direct transfer
  • Highlights:     Some divestment decisions rescheduled
  • Highlights:     GST roll out from April 1, 2012
  • Highlights:     Considering news fertilizer subsidy policy
  • Highlights:     Need to ensure that private investment revival is sustained
  • Highlights:     This FY current account deficit near previous year`s level
  • Highlights:     Govt to retain at least 51% ownership of state-run companies
  • Highlights:     Discussions on to further liberalise FDI policy
  • Highlights:     Govt has to reconcile ecological concerns with development
  • Highlights:     FII investment in corporate bonds hiked to USD 40 bn
  • Highlights:     FIIs allowed to invest in mutual funds
  • Highlights:     Women’s Self Help fund to be set up
  • Highlights:     Committee on micro-finance has submitted report
  • Highlights:     RBI guidelines for Banking licenses soon
  • Highlights:     Integrated development programme for Naxal affected areas
  • Highlights:     Old age pension raised from Rs 200 to Rs 500
  • Highlights:     Rs 21,000 cr for literacy project Sarva Shikha Abhyan
  • Highlights:     Special allocation of funds for cleaning of rivers other than the Ganges
  • Highlights:     Rs 10,000 croe for rural telephony
  • Highlights:     Net revenue loss on account of direct taxes will be Rs 11,500 cr
  • Highlights:     Net revenue gain on account of indirect taxes will be Rs 11,300 cr
  • Highlights:     Agriculture has grown at 5.4%
  • Highlights:     Industry has grown at 8.1%
  • Highlights:     Services sector had grown at 9.6%
  • Highlights:     Exports grew at 24.1% in FY 11
  • Highlights:     Imports grow at 11.6% in FY11
  • Highlights:     Taking steps to simplify tax procedures
  • Highlights:     Expect inflation to be lower next year
  • Highlights:     Rs 40,000 cr divestment target
  • Highlights:     Rs 100 cr equity fund for microfinance
  • Highlights:     Rs 3000 crore for Rural Housing Fund
  • Highlights:     Considering Nutrient Based urea subsidy policy
  • Highlights:     Housing loan limit raised to Rs 25 lakh for priority sector lending
  • Highlights:     1% interest subvention on housing loans up to Rs 15 lakh
  • Highlights:     Difference in wholesale and retail food prices is not
  • Highlights:     Portfolio investment would be permitted in SEBI
  • Highlights:     1% interest subvention on housing loans up to Rs 15 lakh
  • Highlights:     Difference in wholesale and retail food prices is not
  • Highlights:     Portfolio investment would be permitted in SEBI
  • Highlights:     Budget allocation of Rs 100 cr for Ladakh, Rs 150 cr for Jammu
  • Highlights:     Budget allocation for implementation of projects identified by taskforce
  • Highlights:     Gross tax collections at Rs 9.32 lakh
  • Highlights:     Black Money: Information exchange deal with 13 countries
  • Highlights:     Fiscal deficit for current year at 5.1%; lower than estimate
  • Highlights:     Fiscal deficit for next fiscal at 4.6%
  • Highlights:     Idea to make tax moderate, payment simple, collection easy
  • Highlights:     Rs 1.80 lakh exemption for general tax payer; will accrue benefit Rs 2000
  • Highlights:     Senior citizens age limit reduced from 65 years to 60 years
  • Highlights:     Amount of exemption on senior citizens increased from Rs 240000 to Rs 250000
  • Highlights:     Very senior citizens to get higher exemption limit of Rs 5 lakh
  • Highlights:     Surcharge of 7.5 reduced to 5% on corporates
  • Highlights:     Direct Tax raised from 18& to 18.5% on corporates
  • Highlights:     MAT introduced on developers of SEZ
  • Highlights:     Tax sop on infra bonds investment increased by a year
  • Highlights:     No roll back in service tax, to stay at 10%
  • Highlights:     No roll back in excise duty, to stay at 10%
  • Highlights:     Hike in service tax on domestic and international travel
  • Highlights:     Revenue deficit fixed at 1.8% in 2011-12
  • Highlights:     Budget estimates for 2011-12 projects Rs 9,32,440 crore –up by 24%
  • Highlights:     States to get Rs 300 cr for modernising stamps & registration administration
  • Highlights:     Expect revenue deficit to be 3.4% of GDP this FY
  • Highlights:     Expect net revenue deficit to be 1.8% of GDP next FY
  • Highlights:     Net market borrowing to be Rs 3.43 lakh crore next fiscal year
  • Highlights:     To retain factory tax rate at 10%
  • Highlights:     Iron-ore export tax raised to 20%
  • Highlights:     Changes in excise tax to result in Rs73 bn gain next FY
  • Highlights:     Stainless steel scrap exempted from Import Tax
  • Highlights:     To bring more businesses under service tax ambit
  • Highlights:     To raise service tax on domestic air travel by Rs 50/ ticket
  • Highlights:     To raise service tax on international air travel by Rs 250/ ticket
  • Highlights:     Net tax to Centre will be Rs 6,64,457 crore
  • Highlights:     Non-tax receipts pegged at Rs 1,25,435 crore
  • Highlights:     Budget estimates for 2011-12 projects Rs 9,32,440 crore- a rise of 24%
  • Highlights:     Excise & customs duty proposals to result in the net gain of Rs 7,300 cr
  • Highlights:     Basic customs duty on agricultural machinery reduced to 4.5% from 5%
  • Highlights:     Basic customs duty on raw silk reduced from 30 to 5%
  • Highlights:     Export duty rates on iron ore unified and kept at 20% ad valorem
  • Highlights:     Peak rate of customs duty kept at 10% in view of global economic situation
  • Highlights:     No change in CENVAT rates
  • Highlights:     Nominal 1% central excise duty on 130 items entering the tax net
  • Highlights:     Ambit of service tax increased
  • Highlights:     Service tax widened to cover hotel accommodation above Rs 1,000/day
  • Highlights:     Service tax widened for A/C restaurants serving liquor
  • Highlights:     Service tax on some category of hospitals, diagnostic tests
  • Highlights:     Net revenue loss on account of taxes and duties will be Rs 200 cr
  • Highlights:     Some legal services to be brought under service tax net
  • Highlights:     Service by an individual to another individual exempted
  • Highlights:     Service tax to result in a revenue gain of Rs 4,000 crore
  • Highlights:     Propose additional tax deduction of Rs 20,000 for infra investments
  • Highlights:     Expect net revenue loss of Rs 115 bn due to tax exemptions
  • Highlights:     Total plan expenditure will go up 100% in nominal terms in the next year
  • Highlights:     Revenue deficit fixed at 2.3% in revised estimates of 2010-11