Budget: Petrol\, Diesel Costlier\, No New Tax Proposals\, "Gaon-Garib" Focus

Budget: Petrol, Diesel Costlier, No New Tax Proposals, "Gaon-Garib" Focus

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's second government, she said, had set the ball rolling for new India.

Nirmala Sitharaman said the government will invest heavily in infrastructure and job creation

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, announcing the Union Budget for 2019-20 in Parliament on Friday, said India will become a $3-trillion economy this year. In the first Budget in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's second term, the Finance Minister proposed to extend the 25 per cent ceiling to corporates with a turnover up to Rs 400 crore, permit filing of income tax returns using either Aadhaar or PAN, and announced a TDS or tax deducted at source of 2 per cent on cash withdrawals exceeding Rs 1 crore in a year. While Ms Sitharaman kept the income tax structure applicable to the small and medium taxpayer intact, she increased the surcharge on those with an annual income above Rs 2 crore.

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