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Source: Live Mint The Union government has disbursed ₹1.11 lakh crore approximately, as interest free loans to states between April and January. This money has been disbursed under the Special Assistance to States for Capital Expenditure scheme as detailed in a report by PTI. Pankaj Chaudhary, Minister of State for Finance shared this information, highlighting…
Source: Live Mint After receiving the cabinet nod last week, new income tax law is set to be tabled in the Parliament this week in the ongoing budget session. This is seen as a historic bill which will replace the current legislation which was enacted way back in 1961. Why is there a need for the new…
Source: Live Mint Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced customized credit cards for micro enterprises registered on the Udyam portal in her recent budget speech. This step was taken with the objective of strengthening India’s Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector. These cards will come with a credit limit of ₹5 lakh each. These cards…
Source: Live Mint Income Tax Bill News LIVE: The Union Cabinet has approved the new Income Tax Bill on Friday, February 7, potentially leading to its introduction in the Lok Sabha early next week. This bill is part of a larger effort to reform the tax system and aims to overhaul the existing tax structure…
Source: Live Mint After Cabinet cleared it, the new income tax bill is set to be tabled in Parliament next week. The new bill is expected to reduce the number of sections by 25-30 percent to make the law simpler and more concise, Business Standard reported quoting an official without naming him/her. Even the provisos…
Source: Live Mint For decades, India’s salaried class viewed themselves as a minority—sandwiched between the elite and what they believe is the world’s largest population of the “politically pampered”. And in most Budgets, they found the discourse to be dominated by farmers, the poor, women and other groups. Which is why the record ₹1 trillion…
Source: Live Mint An important piece of law – encapsulating 298 sections – which determines the major sources of income for the fifth largest economy in the world was passed in 1961. In the next 64 years, the Income Tax Act has undergone a flurry of changes almost every year. From tweaks in the tax rates…
Source: Live Mint On Saturday, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a fiscal outlay of ₹2,000 crore ($230 million) for the Mission. The move succeeded the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) announcing last Thursday that a repository of 18,693 graphic processing units (GPUs), provided by private sector companies, was ready to be used as…
Source: Live Mint In the Union Budget 2025, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman mentioned that the ‘nil income tax’ slab would be raised to ₹12 lakh; however, it is often misunderstood as a tax exemption or tax deduction. Here’s what it really means. What did FM Nirmala Sitharaman say? “To taxpayers up to Rs12 lakh of…
Source: Live Mint Driving agricultural growth and productivity is a key focus for the government, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her Budget speech. According to her, the journey towards Viksit Bharat will be powered by four pillars: agriculture, MSMEs, investment, and exports. The minister announced a National Mission on High Yielding Seeds to enhance…
