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KEY UNION BUDGET 2015-16 POINTS BY DAS SIR 8961556195
Union Budget 2015-16 is being presented by Finance Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley in the Parliament
today. We are bringing you the highlights and key announcements of Budget 2015-16.
Union Budget 2015-16: Highlights & Key Announcements
The objective of this Budget is to improve quality of life and to pass benefits to common man.
Indian Govt has 3 major achievements: Jan Dhan Yojana, Coal Auction and Swacch Bharat
programme
Incremental change is not going to take us anywhere, will need to think in terms of quantum
jump
Under Swacch Bharat Yojana, 50 lakh toilet already built, 6 crore toilet targeted
Government will encourage new start ups and entrepreneurship
Government is still firm on achieving fiscal deficit target of 3 % of GDP eventually
Real GDP expected to accelerate to 7.4%
Current FOREX reserves $340 bn, Second best stock market in Asian economy
Govt will utilize vast postal network for increasing access to institutional banking
Roadmap to achieve Fiscal deficit of 3% of GDP in three years: Target is 3.9% in 2015-16, 3.5%
in 2016-17, 3% in 2017-18.
National Insurance scheme called PM Suraksha Bhima Yojana, offering coverage of 2 lakh
rupees for just premium of Rs.12 per year. [WOW!]
Rs. 5300 crore allocated for micro irrigation
Target of 8.5 lakh crores credit to be given to farmers in 2015-16
Target of 8.5 lakh crore of credit for agricultural sector

Unclaimed deposits of Rs 3,000 crore in PPF and Rs 6000 crore in EPF; to create senior citizens
welfare fund from this corpus
Atal Pension Yojana to provide defined pension according to contribution ; 50% contribution to
be from Govt.
Increased Budgetary allocation to Roads & Railways
5 Ultra Mega power projects, of 4000 MW announced
Initial sum of Rs 150 Cr to create world class IT hub to take advantage of our competitiveness
Start-ups: mechanism for techno-financial incubation for start ups; govt sets aside Rs 1000
crore
National Infrastructure Fund will try to leverage Infrastructure companies ; Tax free bonds for
Roads , Railways & irrigation
Renewable energy target will be increased to 1,75,000 MW
Highest ever allocation for MGNREGA, by increasing it this year by 5,000 crore rupees
Ports in public sector will be encouraged to corporatize & become companies under companies
act
EPF & ESI has hostage rather than client ; ESI should be made optional to employees
GST will be put in place state of art internationally indirect tax system by April 1st 2016: FM
An addition of 1,000 crores for Nirbhaya Fund
Govt proposes to increase visa-on-arrival to 150 countries to increase tourism
Initial outlay of Rs 75 crore for development of electric vehicles
For better regulation a merger of FMC & SEBI is being currently worked out
National Skill Mission to be launched through skill development and entrepreneurship ministry,
to develop employability of youth, especially below 25 years of age
Section 6 of FEMA to be amended

Committee to be set up to plan the celebration of the 100th birth anniversary of Deen Dayal
Upadhyaya
Propose to set-up an IT based student financial aid system under PM Vidya Laxmi scheme
The new Pradhan Mantri Vidya Lakshmi Programme will ensure no student misses out on
higher education opportunities due to lack of funds
Govt announces AIIMS institutions in J& K , Punjab , Himachal Pradesh and Assam.
ISM Dhanbad will be upgraded to full IIT
Government is pursuing policy of #MakeInIndia in defense not only to cater our needs but also
for export
Defense budget has been enhanced to 2,46,727 crore rupees, an approx. increase of Rs. 25,000
crore
Unplanned expenditure for 2015-16 is estimated at 13 lakh 12 thousand and 200 crores
Budget Estimates of Expenditure: Rs. 17 .77 lakh crore of which Non Planned is Rs. 13.12 lakh
crore and Plan is 4.65 lakh crores
Direct Tax collection is going to be 14.49 lakh crore rupees
Basic rate of Corporate Tax to be reduced from 30% to 25% in next 4 years and will be
accompanied by reducing exemptions.
Exemptions to individual tax payers will remain
Non-filing of returns, or filing of returns with inadequate information may attract 10 year Jail
term. Even concealment of income will be prosecutable with rigorous imprisonment
Government to enact a comprehensive law on black money stashed abroad
Benami property transaction bill will be introduced to tackle black money transaction in real
estate soon
Quoting of PAN is mandatory for any purchase made more than Rs. 1 Lakh.
Defer the applicability of GAAR for 2 years ; will only apply prospectively after Apr 2017.

Reduced Royalty fees on Technical Services to 10% from 25%.
Wealth Tax Abolished, instead super rich will pay extra 2% extra surcharge for people with
income over 1 Crore. This will lead to additional 9,000 cr to Tax kitty.
Custom duty on raw materials and intermediaries to be reduced
Excise duty on Leather footwear reduced to 6%
Fuel excise duty will remain unchanged; change in tobacco excise duty.
Consolidated Service Tax increased from 12.36% to 14%!
Increased in deduction for Health insurance from Rs. 15000 to Rs. 25000. For senior citizens
increased to 30,000.
Additional deduction of Rs 50,000 for contribution to pension fund and new pension scheme
Tax exemption for transport allowance increased from Rs 800 to Rs 1600 per month.
Individual tax payer will benefit to the extent Rs.4,44,200/- from the exemptions announced
Direct tax proposals will lead to 8315 cr loss and an increase of Rs. 23,000 cr in indirect tax
gains.
The minister said CPI inflation is expected to remain close to 5% by the end of the year which
will allow further easing of monetary policy. Jaitley said a Monetary Policy Framework
Agreement has been concluded with the RBI to keep inflation below 6%. The JAM Trinity-Jan
Dhan, Aadhar and mobile will allow transfer benefits in a leakage-proof, well-targeted and
cashless manner.
Budget estimates
Non-Plan expenditure estimates for the Financial Year are Rs. 13,12,220 crore and Plan
expenditure is estimated to be Rs. 4,65,277 crore. Total Expenditure has accordingly been
estimated at Rs. 17,77,477 crore. Gross Tax receipts are estimated to be Rs. 14,49,490 crore.
Devolution to the States is estimated to be Rs. 5,23,958 crore. Share of Central Government will
be Rs. 9,19,842 crore. Non Tax Revenues for the next fiscal are estimated to be Rs. 2,21,733
crore. With the above estimates, fiscal deficit will be 3.9 percent of GDP and Revenue Deficit
will be 2.8 percent of GDP.

Central govt spendings
Rs. 68,968 crore to the education sector, including mid-day meals, Rs. 33,152 crore to the
health sector and Rs. 79,526 crore for rural development activities, including MGNREGA, Rs.
22,407 crore for housing and urban development, Rs. 10,351 crore for women and child
development, Rs. 4,173 crore for Water Resources and Namami Gange, has been allocated by
the central government.
Team India Vision
The minister underlined that India has to think in terms of a quantum jump. He said the year
2022 will be the Amrut Mahotsav, the 75th year, of India’s independence. The vision called
‘Team India’ led by the States and guided by the Central Government should include a roof for
each family which will require to complete two crore houses in urban areas and four crore
houses in rural areas with each house having 24 hour power supply, clean drinking water, a
toilet and road connectivity. He said the vision includes that at least one member from each
family should have access to the means of livelihood, substantial reduction in poverty,
electrification of the remaining 20,000 villages, including off-grid solar power by 2020,
connecting each of the 1,78,000 un-connected habitation, providing medical services in each
village and city and ensuring a Senior Secondary School within 5 km reach of every child.
5 major challenges
The Finance Minister counted five major challenges faced by the Indian economy which are:
agricultural income under stress,
weak private sector investment in infrastructure,
decline in manufacturing,
resource crunch in view of higher devolution in taxes to states and
maintaining fiscal discipline.
Jaitley assured that the country will meet the challenging fiscal deficit target of 4.1% of GDP
which the new government had inherited. Talking about the fiscal roadmap he said that the
government is firm to achieve fiscal target of 3% of GDP. He added that the journey for fiscal
deficit target of 3% will be achieved in three years rather than two years.

Agriculture
He also proposed allocation of Rs. 5,300 crore to support micro-irrigation, watershed
development and the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana.
In order to support the agriculture sector with the help of effective agriculture credit and focus
on small and marginal farmers, there’s a proposal to allocate Rs. 25,000 crore to the corpus of
Rural Infrastructure Development fund (RIDF) set up in NABARD, Rs. 15,000 crore for Long Term
Rural Credit Fund; Rs. 45,000 crore for Short Term Cooperative Rural Credit Refinance Fund;
and Rs. 15,000 crore for Short Term RRB Refinance Fund. Jaitley said that the Government has
set up an ambitious target of Rs. 8.5 lakh crore of agricultural credit. The minister proposed an
initial allocation of Rs. 34,699 crore for the MNREGA programme.
For SMEs
Permanent Establishment (PE) norm will be modified to encourage fund managers to relocate
to India. General Anti Avoidance Rule (GAAR) will be deferred by two years. It will apply to
investments made on or after 01-04-2017, when implemented. In order to facilitate young
entrepreneurs rate of income tax on royalty and fees for technical services will be reduced from
25 per cent to 10 per cent. To generate greater employment opportunities the benefit of
deduction for employment of new regular workman to all business entities will be extended.
The eligibility threshold of minimum 100 regular workmen will be reduced to 50.
Basic custom duty on certain inputs, raw materials, intermediates and components in 22 items
is proposed to be reduced to minimize the impact of duty evasion. All goods except populated
printed circuit boards for use in manufacture of ITA bound items are proposed to be exempted
from SAD.
The Finance Minister proposed to create a Micro Units Development Refinance Agency
(MUDRA) Bank, with a corpus of Rs. 20,000 crore, and credit guarantee corpus of 3,000 crore,
which will refinance Micro-Finance Institutions through a Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana. He
added that priority will be given to SC/ST/OBC enterprises in lending.
Education and skill development
An IIT will be set up in Karnataka and Indian School of Mines in Dhanbad will be upgraded to a
full-fledged IIT. New All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) will be set up in J&K,
Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh and Assam. Another AIIMS like institution will be set up

in Bihar. A post graduate institute of Horticulture Research & Education will be set up in
Amritsar. Three new National Institutes of Pharmaceutical Education and Research will be set
up in Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Chattisgarh and one institute of Science and Education
Research will be set up in Nagaland and Odisha each. IIMs will be setup in J&K and Andhra
Pradesh.
The Government will soon launch a National Skills Mission which will consolidate skill initiatives
spread across several Ministries. Rs. 1,500 crore has been set apart for Deen Dayal Upadhyay
Gramin Kaushal Yojana. Fully IT based Student Financial Aid Authority will be set up to
administer and monitor Scholarship as well Educational Loan Schemes, through the Pradhan
Mantri Vidya Lakshmi Karyakram.
Starting up & investments
The government is establishing a mechanism to be known as SETU (Self-Employment and Talent
Utilisation) which will support all aspects of startup businesses, and other self-employment
activities, particularly in technology-driven areas. Rs. 1,000 crore has been initially earmarked in
NITI Aayog for the purpose.
In order to promote investment in the country, a Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) will
be set up to bring both India’s external borrowings and domestic debt under one roof. Jaitley
has proposed to merge the Forwards Markets Commission with SEBI to strengthen regulation
of commodity forward markets and reduce wild speculation. He said enabling legislation,
amending the Government Securities Act and the RBI Act is proposed in the Finance Bill, 2015.
Foreign investments will be allowed in Alternate Investment Funds. In order to catalyze
investments from the Indian Private Sector in South East Asia, a Project Development Company
will set up manufacturing hubs in Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam.
Social Security schemes
Soon-to-be- launched Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana will cover accidental death risk of
Rs. 2 lakh for a premium of just Rs. 12 per year.

The government will also launch the Atal Pension Yojana, in which the government will
contribute 50% of the beneficiaries’ premium limited to Rs. 1,000 each year, for five years, in
the new accounts opened before December 31, 2015.
Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana covers both natural and accidental death risk of Rs. 2
lakhs. The premium will be Rs. 330 per year, or less than one rupee per day, for the age group
18-50.
There are unclaimed deposits of about Rs. 3,000 crores in the PPF and approximately Rs. 6,000
crores in the EPF corpus, which will be appropriated to a corpus to be used to subsidize the
premiums on these social security schemes through creation of a Senior Citizen Welfare fund in
the Finance Bill.
Infrastructure
An increased outlays on both the roads and the gross budgetary support to the railways by Rs.
14,031 crore and Rs. 10,050 crore respectively has been announced. CAPEX of the public sector
units is expected to be Rs. 3,17,889 crore, an increase of approximately Rs. 80,844 crore over
RE 2014-15. National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) will be established with an
annual flow of Rs. 20,000 crore. There are plans to permit tax free infrastructure bonds for the
projects in the rail, road and irrigation sector.
Jaitley proposed to establish the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) in NITI which will provide
Innovation Promotion Platform involving academicians, and drawing upon national and
international experiences. A sum of Rs. 150 crore is proposed to be earmarked for the mission.
Gold Monetization Scheme
India is one of the largest consumers of gold in the world. Gold Monetisation Scheme will
replace both the present Gold Deposit and Gold Metal Loan Schemes. The new scheme will
allow the depositors of gold to earn interest in their metal accounts and the jewellers to obtain
loans in their metal account. Banks/other dealers would also be able to monetize this gold. A
Sovereign Gold Bond as an alternative to purchasing metal gold has been proposed as well.
Work on developing an Indian Gold Coin with Ashok Chakra on its face will commence soon.
Others

The National Optical Fibre Network Programme (NOFNP) of 7.5 lakh kms networking 2.5 lakh
villages is being further speeded up by allowing willing States to undertake its execution.
Resources will be provided to start work along landscape restoration, signage and
interpretation centres, parking, access for the differently abled, visitors’ amenities, including
securities and toilets, illumination and plans for benefiting communities around them at various
heritage sites.
Expressing concern over environmental degradation, the Minister said that the target of
renewable energy capacity has been revised to 1,75,000 MW till 2022. He said the Government
is also launching a Scheme for Faster Adoption and manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME)
with an initial outlay of Rs. 75 crore.
Tax proposal
The rate of corporate tax is proposed to be reduced from 30% to 25% over the next four years.
This will lead to higher level of investment, higher growth and more jobs. The broad things
adopted in finalizing the tax proposals include:-
Measures to curb black money
Job creation through revival of growth and investment and promotion of domestic
manufacturing and ‘Make in India’
Minimum government and maximum governance to improve the ease of doing business
Benefits to middle class taxpayers
Improving the quality of life and public health through Swachch Bharat initiatives
Stand alone proposals to maximize benefits to the economy
Black money
A new and more comprehensive Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Bill will be introduced in the
current Session of the Parliament. This law will enable confiscation of benami property and
provide for prosecution, thus, blocking a major avenue for generation and holding of black
money in the form of benami property, especially in real estate. Quoting of PAN is being made
mandatory for any purchase or sale exceeding the value of Rs.1 lakh. To improve enforcement,

CBDT and CBEC will leverage technology and have access to information in each other’s data-
base.
Towards Swachh Bharat
As an initiative to Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Jaitley proposed 100 per cent reduction for
contribution, other than by way of CSR contributions, to the Swachh Bharat Kosh. A similar tax
treatment is also proposed for the Clean Ganga Fund. There’s a proposal to increase clean
energy cess from Rs.100 to Rs.200 per metric tonne of coal, etc. to finance clean environment
initiatives. Excise duty of sacks and bags of polymers of ethylene other than for industrial use is
proposed to be increased from 12% to 15%. Concessions on customs and excise duty available
to electrically operated vehicle and hybrid vehicle is extended up to 31-03-2016.
Taxation for the middle class
Describing the extension of benefits to middle class tax payers as the priority of the
government, Jaitley proposed the following concessions:-
Increase in the limit of deduction in respect of health insurance premium from Rs.15,000 to
Rs.25,000
(1) For senior citizens the limit will stand increased to Rs.30,000 from the existing Rs.20,000
(2) For very senior citizens of the age of 80 years or more, who are not covered by health
insurance, deduction of Rs.30,000 towards expenditure incurred on the treatment will allowed
The deduction limit of Rs.60,000 towards expenditure on account of specified diseases of
serious nature is proposed to be enhanced to Rs.80,000 in case of very senior citizens
Additional deduction of Rs.25,000 will be allowed for differently-abled persons under Section
80DD and Section 80U of the Income-tax Act
The limit on deduction on account of contribution to a Pension Fund and the New Pension
Scheme is proposed to be increased from Rs.1 lakh to Rs.1.5 lakh
To provide social safety net and the facility of pension to individuals and additional deduction of
Rs.50,000 is proposed to be provided for contribution to the New Pension Scheme under
Section 80 CCD. This will enable India to become a pensioned society instead of a pensionless
society

Investments in Sukanya Samriddhi Scheme are already eligible for deduction under Section 80C.
All payments to the beneficiaries including interest payment on deposit will also be fully
exempt
Transport allowance exemption is being increased from Rs.800 to Rs.1,600 per month
For the benefit of senior citizens, service tax exemption will be provided on Varishta Bima
Yojana
Surcharge for the super rich
The Finance Minister proposed no change in the rate of personal income tax and rate of tax for
companies in respect of income earned in the finance year 2015-16, assessable in Assessment
Year 2016-17. Shri Jaitley proposed to levy a surcharge @ 12 per cent on individuals, HUFs,
AOPs, BOIs, artificial juridical persons, firms, cooperative societies and local authorities having
income exceeding Rs.1 crore.
Wealth tax is proposed to be abolished and replaced with an additional surcharge of 2 per cent
on the super rich with the taxable income of over Rs.1 crore. With this 2 per cent additional
surcharge a collection of Rs.9,000 crore is targeted against a tax sacrifice of Rs.1,008 crore. To
eliminate the scope for discretionary exercise of power and provide a hassle-free structure to
the tax payers, Jaitley proposed to increase the threshold limit from Rs.5 crore to Rs.20 crore.

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