Terming Union Budget 2023-24 as the budget of "new India", Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Wednesday said that it will take India into 'Amrit Kaal as a modern infrastructure ready nation.
Subsidies on fertiliser and food for 2023-24 (April-March) have been reduced by 22 per cent and 31 per cent each in comparison to the revised budget estimates for the current financial year ending March 2023.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman declared five major announcements in the new tax regime including an increase in the income tax rebate limit from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 7 lakh stating that the new tax regime will now be the default tax regime.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2023 today in Lok Sabha. This was the third time in a row that the government presented the budget in a paperless form.
Shah congratulated the Prime Minister and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for tabling that budget, saying it lays a strong foundation for 'Amritkal'.
Bihar Industries Association president Arun Agarwal on Wednesday said that the income tax rebate announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is according to the expectations, however, there was no major announcement for Bihar which came as a disappointment.
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her Budget for 2023-24 on Wednesday, announced that the government proposes to continue 50-year interest-free loans to state governments for one more year. and has significantly enhanced outlay to Rs 1.3 lakh crore.
While presenting the annual budget in Parliament today, Sitharaman proposed to revise National Calamity Contingent Duty (NCCD) on specified cigarettes.