Highlights of Union Budget 2010-11

by Guest 2/26/2010 2:31:00 PM
  • FM prunes tax rates:
    Income up to Rs 1.6 lakh - nil Income above Rs 1.6 lakh and up to Rs 5 lakh - 10 per cent
    Income above Rs 5 lakh and up to Rs 8 lakh - 20 per cent
    Income above Rs 8 lakh - 30 per cent.
  • Income Tax department ready with two-page Saral-2 return forms for individual salaried assesses.
  • New tax rates would offer relief to 60 per cent of tax-payers.
  • Government's net borrowing to be Rs 3,45,010 crore for 2010-11.
  • Additional deduction of Rs 20,000 allowed on long term infrastructure bonds for income tax payers; this is above Rs one lakh on saving instruments allowed already.
  • A unique identity symbol would be provided to the Indian Rupee in line with US Dollar, British Pound Sterling, Euro and Japanese Yen.
  • Fiscal deficit seen at 4.8 per cent and 4.1 per cent in 2011-12 and 2012-13 respectively.
  • Total expenditure pegged at Rs 11.8 lakh crore, an increase of 8.6 per cent.
  • Gross tax receipts pegged at Rs 7,46,656 crore for 2010-11, non-tax revenues at Rs 1,48,118 crore.
  • FM appeals to "misguided elements" (left wing extremists) to eschew violence and join the mainstream.
  • Planning Commission to prepare integrated action plan for Naxal-affected areas.
  • Defence allocation pegged at Rs 1,47,344 crore in 2010-11 against Rs 1,41,703 crore in the previous year. Of this, capital expenditure would account for Rs 60,000 crore.
  • Fiscal deficit pegged at 6.9 per cent in 2009-10 as against 7.8 per cent in the previous fiscal.
  • Finance Minister to continue giving cash subsidy for fuel and fertiliser instead of previous practice of bonds.
    • Export in January encouraging.
    • Need to review the public spending and mobilize resources.
    • FM stresses on the need to make growth more broad-based.
    • Need to ensure that the demand-supply imbalance is managed.
    • Need to review stimulus imparted to economy.
    • Government conscious of the situation of price rise and taking steps to tackle it.
    • Erratic monsoon and drought-like conditions forced supply side bottleneck that fuelled inflation.
    • Double digit food inflation last year due to bad monsoon and drought-like conditions.
    • Figures for merchandise exports for January encouraging after turnaround in November and December last.
      Govt to raise Rs 25,000 cr this year to meet cap expenditure requirements
    • GST and DTC can be introduced in April 2011
    • Direct tax code will be implemented April 1, 2011
    • Final figure may be higher if earnings in last quarters are strong
    • 18.9% growth rate in manufacturing sector in 2009
    • Concerned over emergence of double digit food inflation
    • Export figures encouraging; pvt investments can be expected
    • Double digit food inflation in 2009
    • Need to review stimulus, move to fiscal consolidation
    • Signs of food inflation going to non-food items
    • Steps to reduce public debt, paper to be presented in 6 months
    • 1st challenge: quickly revert to higher GDP growth path of 9%, cross double digit growth
    • 2nd challnge: harden economic growth to make dev more inclusive
    • 3rd challenge: relates to problems in government system
    • Focus shifts to non-governmental actors
    • Uncertainity was there on account of delay in monsoon, concerns about production and food prices.
    • Finance Minister says Government hopes to implement direct tax code from April 2011.
    • Kirit Parekh report on fuel price deregulation will be taken up by Oil Minister Murli Deora in due course.
    • Government has decided to set up apex-level Financial Stability and Development Council.
    • FDI inflows steady during the year. Government has taken series of steps to simplify FDI regime
    • Market capitalisation of five PSUs listed since October increased by 3.5 times.
    • Nutrient based fertiliser subsidy scheme to come into force from April 1, 2010.
    • Nutrient based fertiliser subsidy scheme to come into force from April 1, 2010.
    • Earnest endeavour to implement General Sales Tax in April 2011.
    • Status paper on public debt within six months.
    • Government will raise Rs 25,000 crore from disinvestment of its stake in state-owned firms.
    • Government to provide Rs 300 crore to organise 60,000 pulse and oilseed villages and provide integrated intervention of watershed and related programme.
    • Government to continue interest subvention of 2 per cent for one more year for exports covering handicrafts, carpets, handlooms and small and medium enterprises.
    • Government intends to make FDI policy user friendly by compling all guidelines into one document.
    • RBI considering some additional banking licenses to private companies, NBFC will also be considered if they meet criteria.
    • Allocation for women and child development hiked by 80 per cent.
    • Government decides to set up National Social Security
    • Fund with initial allocation of Rs 1000 crore to provide social security to workers in unorganised sector.
    • Rs 1,270 crore provided for slum development programme, marking an increase of 700 per cent.
    • Allocation for development of micro and small scale sector raised from Rs 1,794 crore to Rs 2,400 crore.
    • One per cent interest subvention loan for houses costing up to Rs 20 lakh extended to March 31, 2011; Rs 700 crore provided.
    • 25 per cent of plan outlay earmarked for rural infrastructure development
    • Road transport allocation raised by 13 per cent to Rs 19,894 crore, says FM.
    • Allocation for urban development increased by 75 per cent to Rs 5,400 crore in 2010-11.
    • Indira Awas Yojana scheme's unit cost raised to Rs 45,000 in plain area and Rs 48,500 in hilly areas.
    • Allocation for NREGA stepped up to Rs 40,100 crore in 2010-11.
    • For rural development, Rs 66,100 crore have been allocated.
    • Plan allocation for health and family welfare increased to Rs 22,300 crore from Rs 19,534 crore.
    • Plan allocation for school education raised from Rs 26,800 crore to Rs 31,036 crore in 2010-11.
    • Deficit in foodgrains storage capacity to be met by private sector participation.
    • Exclusive skill development programme to be launched for textile and garment sector employees.
    • Plan allocation for Ministry of Minority Affairs raised from Rs 1,740 crore to Rs 2,600 crore.
    • Plan outlay for Ministry of Social Justice raised by 80 per cent to Rs 4,500 crore.
    • Government to contribute Rs 1,000 per year to each account holder
  • Non-plan expenditure pegged at Rs 37,392 crore and Plan expenditure at Rs 7,35,657 crore in budget estimates. 15 per cent increase in plan expenditure and six per cent in non-plan expenditure.
    • Rs 1,900 crore allocated for Unique Identification Authority of India.
    • Rs 1,73,552 crore provided for infrastructure.
    • Need to take firm view on opening up of the retail.
    • Government committed to ensure continued growth of Special Economic Zones development.
    • Repayment of loan by farmers extended by six months to June 30, 2010 in view of drought and floods in some part of the country.
    • One-time grant of Rs 200 crore provided to Tirupur textile cluster in Tamil Nadu.
    • Allocation for new and renewable energy ministry.
    • Clean Energy Fund to be created for research in new energy sources.
    • Rs 500 crore allocated for solar and hydro projects for Ladakh region.
    • Alternative port to be developed at Sagar Island in West Bengal.
    • Allocation for National Ganga River Basin Authority doubled to Rs 500 crore.
    • Government for competitive bidding for coal blocks for captive power plants.
    • Mega power plant policy modified to lower cost of generation; allocation to power sector more than doubled to Rs 5,130 crore in 2010-11.
    • Government proposes to set Coal Development Regulatory Authority.
    • Propose to maintain thrust of upgrading infrastructure in rural and urban areas. IIFCL authorised to refinance infrastructure projects.
    • Interest subvention for timely repayment of crop loans raised from one per cent to two per cent, bringing the effective rate of interest to five per cent.
    • Bottleneck of public delivery mechanism can hold us back.
    • Rs 200 crore provided for climate resilient agriculture initiative.
    • Government to provide Rs 16,500 crore to public sector banks to maintain tier-I capital.

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