{"id":1839,"date":"2025-02-03T22:22:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T16:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taxladdu.com\/?p=1839"},"modified":"2025-02-03T22:26:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T16:56:03","slug":"key-highlights-of-budget-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taxladdu.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/03\/key-highlights-of-budget-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"KEY HIGHLIGHTS OF BUDGET 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1839\" class=\"elementor elementor-1839\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a92eddc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a92eddc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8117662 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8117662\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h5><p>\u00a0<\/p><ol><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\">No income tax is levied on the average monthly salary of up to Rs. 1,00,000.<\/span><\/h6><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\">NIL income tax is to be paid by the salary class up to Rs. 12.75 Lakhs per annum under the new tax regime.<\/span><\/h6><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Four Engines of Development, i.e., Agriculture, MSME, Investment, Exports, are recognized by the Union budget.<\/span><\/h6><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Atleast 7 Crore Farmers will be benefited by the Prime Minister Dhan- Dhaanya Krishi Yojna, which is to cover 100 Low Agricultural Productivity Districts.<\/span><\/h6><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A mission for Aatmanirbharta in pulses, with a special focus on Tur, Urad, and Masoor, is to be launched.<\/span><\/h6><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Loans up to Rs. 5,00,000 are provided through KCC under the modified interest subvention scheme.<\/span><\/h6><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It is estimated that F.Y. 25 will end with a Fiscal Deficit of 4.8%, and a target is set to bring it down to 4.4% in F.Y.-26.<\/span><\/h6><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A significant enhancement of credit with a guarantee cover is provided to MSMEs, from Rs. 5 Crore to Rs. 10 Crore.<\/span><\/h6><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A national manufacturing mission, covering small, medium, and large industries, is to be implemented for furthering \u201cMake in India.\u201d<\/span><\/h6><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\">50,000 Atal tinkering labs in government schools are to be established in the next 5 years.<\/span><\/h6><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A Centre of Excellence in artificial intelligence for education, with a total outlay of Rs. 500 Crore, is being established.<\/span><\/h6><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\">PM Svanidhi with enhanced loans from Banks, and UPI linked credit cards with a Rs. 30,000 limit, are being provided.<\/span><\/h6><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Identity cards are to be given to GIG workers, and they are to be registered on the e-shram portal and provided healthcare under PM Jan Arogya Yojana.<\/span><\/h6><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1 lakh Crore urban challenge fund is allocated for \u201ccities as growth hubs.\u201d<\/span><\/h6><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A nuclear energy mission for the R&amp;D of small modular reactors is to be launched with an outlay of Rs. 20,000 Crore.<\/span><\/h6><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The modified Udan scheme is to enhance regional connectivity to 120 New Destinations.<\/span><\/h6><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A Rs. 15,000 crore Swamih fund is to be established for the expeditious completion of another Rs. 1 lakh stressed housing units.<\/span><\/h6><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\">20,000 Crore is allocated for private sector-driven research development and innovation initiatives.<\/span><\/h6><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Gyan Bharatam Mission for the survey and conservation of manuscripts is to cover more than one crore manuscripts.<\/span><\/h6><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The FDI limit for insurance is enhanced from 74% to 100%.<\/span><\/h6><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jan Vishwas Bill 2.0 is to be introduced for decriminalizing more than 100 provisions in various laws.<\/span><\/h6><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The updated income tax return time limit is increased from 2 years to 4 years.<\/span><\/h6><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The delay in TCS payment is decriminalized.<\/span><\/h6><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\">TDS on rent is increased from 2 Lakh to 6 Lakh.<\/span><\/h6><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\">BCD is exempted on 36 lifesaving drugs and medicines for treating cancer, rare, and chronic diseases and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">on IFPD, it\u00a0 is increased to 20%, and an open cell is reduced to 5%.<\/span><\/h6><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Parts of open cells are exempted from BCD to promote domestic manufacturing.<\/span><\/h6><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Additional capital goods for EV and mobile battery manufacturing are exempted with the purpose to uplift the\u00a0 Battery Production.<\/span><\/h6><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Raw materials and components used for shipbuilding are exempted from BCD for 10 years and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 1rem; font-style: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; text-align: var(--text-align); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">BCD on frozen fish paste has been reduced from 30% to 5% and on fish hydrolysate from 15% to 5%.<\/span><\/h6><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 No income tax is levied on the average monthly salary of up to Rs. 1,00,000. NIL income tax is to be paid by the salary class up to Rs. 12.75 Lakhs per annum under the new tax regime. Four Engines of Development, i.e., Agriculture, MSME, Investment, Exports, are recognized by the Union budget. 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