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Tax Policy and Personal Income Tax<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The holding period for long-term capital gain is lowered to 2 years.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The government proposes to reduce basic customs duty for LNG to 2.5% from 5%.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">No transaction above Rs 3 lakh permitted in cash.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">5% tax exemption for companies having turnover below Rs. 50 crores.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The limit of cash donation by charitable trusts is reduced to Rs 2,000 from Rs 10,000.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Existing rate of tax for individuals between Rs.\u00a0 2.5- Rs 5 lakh is reduced to 5% from 10%.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">10% surcharge on individual income above Rs. 50 lakh and up to Rs 1 crore to make up for Rs 15,000 crore loss due to cut in personal I-T rate.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">15% surcharge on individual income above Rs. 1 crore to remain as it is.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"><strong>2. Youth<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A\u00a0system of measuring annual learning outcomes and an innovation fund for secondary education will be introduced.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Focus\u00a0on 3,479 educationally backward blocks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Colleges will be identified based on accreditation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">100 India International <\/span>centres<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0to be established across the country, under the Skill India Mission which was launched to maximize potential.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Courses on foreign languages to be introduced.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Will take steps to create 5000 post graduate seats per annum.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"><strong>3. Poor, Underprivileged and Rural Population<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A total of Rs. 1,84,632\u00a0 crore has been allocated for women and children.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Over Rs. 3 lakh crores will be spent for rural India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Rs. 500 crore allocated for Mahila Shakthi Kendras.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Under a nationwide scheme for pregnant women, Rs. 6000 will be transferred to each person.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Elimination of tuberculosis by 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Two AIIMS will be set up in Jharkhand and Gujarat.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Allocation for Scheduled Castes is Rs. 52,393\u00a0 crores.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Aadhaar-based smart cards will be issued to senior citizens to monitor health.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">100% rural electrification by March 2018.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Rs. 19,000 crores allocated for Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana in 2017-18.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">MGNREGA is allocated Rs. 48,000 crores.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Under the MGNREGA farmers&#8217; income would be doubled.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"><strong>4. Agriculture Sector<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A sum of Rs. 10 lakh crore is allocated as a credit to farmers, with 60 days interest waiver.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">NABARD fund will be increased to Rs. 40,000 crore.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The government will set up mini labs in Krishi Vigyan Kendras for soil testing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Irrigation corpus increased from Rs 20,000 crore to Rs 40,000 crore.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dairy processing infrastructure fund will be initially created with a corpus of Rs. 2000 crore.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A model law on contract farming will be prepared and shared with the States.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"><strong>5. Political Parties, Defence Sector and Energy Sector<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The amount of cash donation for a political party capped at Rs. 2,000 per source.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Defence sector was allocated Rs. 2.74,114 crores.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Rs. 1.26,000 crore received as energy production based investments.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"><strong>6. Infrastructure and Railways<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A total allocation of Rs. 39,61,354 crores for infrastructure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The total allocation for Railways is Rs. 1,31,000 crores.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">No service charge on tickets booked through IRCTC.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">500 stations will be made differently-abled friendly.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Rs. 64,000 crore allocated for highways.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">High-speed Internet to be allocated to 1,50,000 gram panchayats.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">New Metro rail policy will be announced with new modes of financing.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Source: <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/business\/budget\/Highlights-of-Union-Budget-2017-18\/article17127298.ece\" target=\"_blank\">The Hindu<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To sum up, the annual budget was a treat for the weaker sections of the society and had some good news for everyone.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the Union Budget 2017, his fourth annual budget, today. 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