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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Highlights of Union Budget 2015-16 Sector Wise:

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Agriculture
1.
Rs. 5,300 crore was allotted to support Micro Irrigation Programme
2.
Rs. 8.5 lakh crore was targeted for farmers credit
3.
Rs. 25,000 crore was allotted for Rural Infrastructure Development Bank
Defense
1.
Rs. 2,46,726 crore was allotted for defense
2.
Defense equipments will be manufactured in India under Make in India Project
Education
1.
New IIM will  be launched in Jammu & Kashmir and Andhra Pradesh
2.
For Horticulture a PG institute will be started in Amritsar
3.
AIIMS will be started at Jammu Kashmir, Punjab, Tamilnadu, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar and Assam.
4.
University of Disability Studies will be started at Kerala.
5.
New IIT in Karnataka
6.
Indian Institute of Mines in Dhanbad, Jharkhand will be upgraded to IIT.
Infrastructure
1.
Rs. 70,000 crores was allotted for Infrastructure sector.
2.
Planned to start 5 ultra mega power projects, capacity of each 4000MW.
3.
To implement tax-free bonds for rail road and irrigation projects.
4.
Rs. 150 crore was allotted for Research and Development.
5.
NITI will be setup to encourage the involvement of the entrepreneurs and researchers to foster scientific innovations.
Renewable Energy
1.
Targeted Renewable energy in 2022: 100K MW in solar; 60K MW in wind; 10K MW in biomass and 5K MW in small hydro.
2.
Rs. 75 crores was allotted for electric cars production.
Taxation
1.
To Cutoff the Wealth tax
2.
Service tax will be increased to 14%
3.
Rs. 4, 44,200 will be achieved as total exemption.
4.
Surcharge will be increased by 2% for the richest persons those who have income of over Rs. 1 crore.
5.
For the contribution of Swachch Bharat the exemption will be 100% apart from CSR.
6.
Rate of corporate tax will be reduced to 25% within next four years.
Tourism
1.
‘On Arrival’ Visa will be provided to 150 countries
2.
Under the new tourism scheme, churches and convents will be developed in old Goa; Elephata caves, Lej Palace, Hampi, Jallianwala Bagh, Qutb Shahi Tombs at Hyderabad and Forest of Rajasthan.  
Welfare Schemes
1.
Additionally, Rs.5,000 was allotted for MGNREGA
2.
Government has planned to launch Universal Social Security System for all Indians.
3.
New Scheme will be launched to provide physical aids and assisted living devices for aged people over 80 years.
4.
Planned to construct 50,000 toilets under Swachh Bharath Abhiyan
5.
Housing to all within 2020
6.
80,000 Secondary schools will be upgraded
7.
Two new programmes such as GST & JAM Trinity were introduced, and GST will be implemented by April 2016.
8.
To encourage the first generation SC/ST entrepreneurs, MUDRA bank will refinance micro finance organizations.
9.
Under Atal Pension Yojana, Government will contribute 50% of Premium of Rs. 1000 per year.
10.
Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) will be expanded from 1 crore to 10.3 crore.

Total Revenues and Expenditure:
Gross Tax Receipts
Rs. 14,49,490 crore
Non Tax Revenues
Rs. 2,21,733 crore
Devolution of the States
Rs. 5,23,958 crore
Share of the Central Government
Rs. 9,19,842 crore
Non-Plan Expenditure
Rs. 13,12,200 crore
Plan Expenditure
Rs. 4, 65,277 crore
Total Expenditure
Rs. 17,77,477 crore
Fiscal Deficit
3.9% of GDP and Revenue Deficit: 2.8% of GDP

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