Union Budget 2021 Live Updates: On-Farm laws, govt is open to clause-by-clause discussion with farmers, says FM
Union Budget 2021 Live Streaming from Parliament, Live Budget News, Union Budget 2021-22 Live Updates: FM Nirmala Sitharaman presented her first paperless union budget and announced a slew of measures on healthcare and infrastructure to give an impetus to the Covid-hit economy.
Indian Financial Budget 2021
Tax:
No, IT filing for people above 75 years who get pension and earn interest from deposits
The reopening window for IT assessment cases reduced from 6 to 3 years. However, in case of serious tax evasion cases (Rs. 50 lakh or more), it can go up to 10 years
Affordable housing projects to get a tax holiday for one year
Compliance burden of small trusts whose annual receipts do not exceed Rs. 5 crores to be eased
Duty of copper scrap reduced to 2.5%
Customs duty on gold and silver to be rationalized
Duty on naphtha reduced to 2.5%.
Duty on solar inverters raised from 5% to 20%, and on solar lanterns from 5% to 15%
All nylon products charged with 5% customs duty
Tunnel boring machines to attract customs duty of 7%
Customs duty on cotton raised from 0 to 10%
Agriculture infrastructure and development cess proposed on certain items including urea, apples, crude soyabean and sunflower oil, crude palm oil, kabuli chana, and peas
Economy and Finance:
The fiscal deficit stands at 9.5% of the GDP; estimated to be 6.8% in 2021-22
Proposal to allow States to raise borrowings up to 4% of GSDP this year
A Unified Securities Market Code to be created, consolidating provisions of the Sebi Act, Depositories Act, and two other laws
Proposal to increase FDI limit from 49% to 74%
An asset reconstruction company will be set up to take over stressed loans
Deposit insurance increased from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh for bank depositors
Proposal to decriminalize Limited Liability Partnership Act of 2008
Two PSU bank and one general insurance firm to be disinvested this year
An IPO of LIC to debut this fiscal
Strategic sale of BPCL, IDBI Bank, Air India to be completed
Agriculture:
Agriculture infrastructure fund to be made available for APMCs for augmenting their infrastructure
1,000 more Mandis to be integrated into the E-NAM market place
Five major fishing hubs, including Chennai, Kochi, and Paradip, to be developed
A multipurpose seaweed park to be established in Tamil Nadu
Employment:
A portal to be launched to maintain information on gig workers and construction workers
Social security to be extended to gig and platform workers
Margin capital required for loans via Stand-up India scheme reduced from 25% to 15% for SCs, STs, and women

