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Sunday, 8 March 2015

Budget 2015-16

BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS ;

ECONOMY & RELATED
Ø  Real GDP growth to jump to 7.4%, making India the largest growing economy in the world.
Ø   CAD for this year is expected to be 1.3% of GDP
Ø  Expect CPI inflation to remain close to 5% by end of the year, FM: Our objective is to keep inflation below 6 percent
Ø  Expect to implement Goods & Services tax by April 2016
Ø   Incremental change is not going to take us anywhere we have to think in terms of quantu
Ø  MNREGA to stay, says FM
Ø   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.
Ø  Govt to bring a comprehensive bankruptcy code for the ease of doing business by 2015-16,
says FM Jaitley
PROPOSALS RELATING TO TAX & OTHER LAWS
Ø  To abolish Wealth Tax;
Ø  Corporate Tax Rate reduced to 25% for over next four years. Exemptions & deductions to be scrapped
Ø  Exemptions For Individual Tax Players To Continue
Ø  Yoga to be included as Charitable Purpose
Ø  To Enact New Law For Black Money
Ø  Concealment of income will attract 10 yrs of rigorous imprisonment
Ø  Stringent penalties and jail for Black Money holders and evaders
Ø  Benami property transaction bill to tackle black money transaction in real estate soon
Ø  Foreign Exchange Management Act To Allow For Seizure Of Foreign Assets
Ø  FEMA Act to be amended to incorporate Black Money provisions: Finance Minister
Ø  To Allow Tax Pass-through For Alternative Investment Funds
Ø  To Tighten Reporting Of Cash Transactions
Ø  To Have Benami Transaction Prohibition Bill For Domestic Black Money\
Ø  Quoting PAN a must for all purchases above One Lakh
Ø  100% deduction allowed for all contributions in Swachh Bharat Abhiyan [except contribution in CSR]
Ø  Proposes to rationalise capital gains tax regime for real estate investment trusts
Ø  To defer GAAR by 2 years
Ø  Tax pass through to be allowed in alternative investment funds to boost small firms, startups
Ø  Propose To Rationalise Capital Gains Regime For REITs/InvITs
Ø  TO reduce Custom Duty on 22 items
Ø  Rental Income from REITS to have pass through facility
Ø  Income Tax On Royalty Fees For Technical Reduced To 10%
Ø   2% Addl. Surcharge on Super Rich.
Ø  Reduced taxes on Technical Services to 10% from 25%
Ø  Tax reduce for foot wear above 1k per pair
Ø  Service Tax increased to 14%
Ø  80D Health insurance 15000 to 25000, For senior citizens 30000
Ø  80DDB increased to 80000
Ø  Wealth Tax abolished
Ø  Tax on royalty income decrease from 25% to 10%
Ø  Transport Allowance exemption increased to 1600 pm
Ø  Domestic Transfer Pricing limit increased from 5crores to 20 crores
Ø  NBFCs with size of Rs 500 cr and above to get parity in recoveries by including in SERFASIA Act as financial institution.
 
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
1)      6 crore houses by 2020 biggest ever construction project
2)      Outlay upped by 24,000 cr for rail, road
3)      Capex for state PSUs to be Rs 3.17 lakh crore
4)      Budget 2015: Jaitley unveils budget for growth, investment
5)      Universal social security system may prove costly
6)      FM has announced three social sector schemes now...after speaking of double digit growth,
7)      making India prosperous by 2022, etc etc, as well as talking about rationalizing subsidies,
8)      Real GDP growth to jump to 7.4%, making India the largest growing economy in the world.
9)       CAD for this year is expected to be 1.3% of GDP
10)   Expect CPI inflation to remain close to 5% by end of the year, FM: Our objective is to keep inflation below 6 percent
11)   Expect to implement Goods & Services tax by April 2016
12)   FM: Incremental change is not going to take us anywhere we have to think in terms of quantum
13)   MNREGA to stay, says FM
14)    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.
15)   Govt to bring a comprehensive bankruptcy code for the ease of doing business by 2015-16,
says FM Jaitley
16)   NBFCs with size of Rs 500 cr and above to get parity in recoveries by including in SERFASIA Act as financial institutions
17)   6 crore houses by 2020 biggest ever construction project
18)   Outlay upped by 24,000 cr for rail, road
19)   Capex for state PSUs to be Rs 3.17 lakh crore
20)   Budget 2015: Jaitley unveils budget for growth, investment
21)   Universal social security system may prove costly
22)   FM has announced three social sector schemes now...after speaking of double digit growth,
23)   making India prosperous by 2022, etc etc, as well as talking about rationalizing subsidies,
24)   Tax-free infra bonds proposed for rail, road
 
25)   Budget 2015: India's 2015/16 GDP growth seen at 8-8.5% y/y, says FM Arun Jaitley
 
26)   If Sarfaesi is applied properly, many over-leveraged businesses will go bust
 
27)   Startups will get capital boost of Rs 1000 crore
 
28)   Public Sector Ports to be made firms under Companies Act
 
29)   Construction, CG stocks surge up to 13% as PM begins Budget speech
 
30)   So, both PM and CEA said yesterday that small systemic changes will have a big impact than
30)
31)   Need to upgrade 80,000 secondary schools Arun Jaitley
 
32)   Ease of business with ebiz portal, this will get further push
 
33)   Expert panel to prepare draft on easing permissions for doing business
 
34)   Ok, so big hike in spending on infrastructure...that will be a growth booster...especially
34)
35)   in the roads sector where multiplier effects are visible quickly...if this extra Rs 70,000
35)
36)   cr is actually spend...that's a real growth push
 
37)   5 UMPPs in power sector to unlock investments of Rs 1 lakh crore
 
38)   The move is positive for stocks like UltraTech Cement, JK Lakshmi, India Cement, ACC, and
38)
39)   Kajaria Ceramics
 
40)   Hmm...Rs 20,000 crore annual infrastructure fund and Rs 1,000 crore start-up fund...no
40)
41)   quibbles about the infra fund but why only a tiny start up fund?
 
42)   Budget 2015: 4.1% fiscal deficit target to be met; 3% targeted in medium term, says FM
42)
43)   Jaitley
 
44)   The S&P BSE Auto Index (0.33 per cent), S&P BSE Healthcare Index (0.21 per cent), S&P BSE
44)
45)   Metal Index (0.05 per cent) and S&P BSE IT Index (0.07 per cent) are top sectoral losers
 
46)   Second unit of Kodanakulam N plan to be commissioned in 2015-16
 
47)   Allocation to MNREGA upped by Rs 5,000 crores
 
48)   Nat'l Infrastructure Fund will try to leverage infra companies ; Tax free bonds for Roads ,
48)
49)   Railways & irrigation: @arunjaitley #Budget2015
 
50)   How does FM plan to reform PPP projects, most of which are under the water?
 
51)   Corporatisation of government ports (major ports) welcome idea
 
52)   MNREGA cash boost will make it highest allocation ever, rural wages will also get boost
 
53)   Another 5 UMPPs announced. But the earlier ones are still stuck. What happens to those?
 
54)   Budget 2015: India's 2015/16 GDP growth seen at 8-8.5% y/y, says FM Arun Jaitley
 
55)   PM farm plans get Rs 3,000 crore extra allocation
 
56)   To invest Rs 20,000 crore in Infrastructure Fund
 
57)   To spend extra Rs 70,000 crore on boosting Infra this year
 
58)   To spend extra Rs 70,000 crore on boosting Infra this year
 
59)   To address job creation in software sector
 
60)   CRISIL analysis: CRISIL expects CAD at 1.2% of GDP in 2014-15, and 1.1% in 2015-16
 
61)   FMC to be merged with Sebi to strengthen regulation
 
62)   Public debt agency to bring borrowings under one roof
 
63)   Section 6 of Fema to be amended
 
64)   Budget 2015: Jaitley unveils budget for growth, investment
 
65)   Government is stepping in to invest in infrastructure with debt laden private companies
65)
66)   floundering and no bankable model for infra funding avialable Will it be an Uncommon Budget
66)
67)   for the Common Man? Watch Budget For Achhe Din on ET NOW. 7am onwards on 28th Feb
 
68)   Big infrastructure push to accelerate growth
 
69)   ‘Need to cut subsidy leakage; aiming at rationalising subsidies’
 
70)   Pragmatic view on fiscal deficit
 
71)   Higher NREGA allocation could boost farm wages in the short term
 
72)   Task force to be set up to establish grievance agency for financial redressals
 
73)   CRISIL analysis: Government committed to keeping inflation below 6%, CRISIL expects CPI at
73)
74)   5.8% in FY16
 
75)   Direct Tax plan to get competitive edge
 
76)   GST to bring greater transparency
 
77)   Merger of FMC and SEBI a good idea ... equity and commodity markets will now have a single
77)
78)   watchdog. But the capacity, knowledge base and efficiency of this organisation has to be
78)
79)   boosted massively from today's levels.
 
80)   Gold monetisation scheme to replace deposit and metal loans
 
81)   Budget 2015: Propose universal social security; Rs 2 lakh accident insurance, says FM
81)
82)   Jaitley
 
83)   5 cr small business to get mudra bank
 
84)   Nifty slips below 8,900 and is near day’s low at 8868.35, up 23.75 points or 0.27 per cent.
 
85)   Budget: Govt to prioritise completion of 1 lakh kilometers of additional roads, says FM Arun
85)
86)   Jaitley
 
87)   Ok, he's talking of direct taxes...EPFO...middle class time in the budget speech
 
88)   Markets pare gains, but in green; Tata Steel and BoB surge upto 4%
 
89)   FM said earlier, FMC will be merged with SEBI, something that was widely anticipated...a
89)
90)   good move
 
91)   Rs 1000 crore boost to Nirbhaya Fund
 
92)   Rupay Debit Cards to be incentivised. Move towards paperless transactions
 
93)   Am I hearing this correct? All direct tax exemptions to be scrapped?
 
94)   Commodity futures markets will grow in the next few years and mayovertake stock volumes as
94)
95)   commodity futures will be considered assecurities regulated by Sebi
 
96)   Visa on arrival for 150 countries from 43
 
97)   Current status of markets
 
98)   #Budget2015 #Arunjaitley: propose to increase visa-on-arrival to 150 countries to increase
98)
99)   tourism
 
100)                       Green plan gets Rs 75 crore for 2015-16 cash boost
 
101)                       Arun Jaitley Budget fails to impress Street: Sensex rangebound, Nifty tests 8850 levels
 
102)                       To merge FMC with SEBI to strengthen regulation; To amend Section 6 FEMA: MCX rallies 8.5
102)
103)                       per cent
 
104)                       Public dispute bill to ease tussle over projects
 
105)                       RBI powers may undergo a dilution as a new monetary policy committee with government
105)
106)                       nominees will decide the inflation target and timing as well as extent of rate cuts or
106)
107)                       hikes.
 
108)                       Regulatory reform law for infrastructure
 
109)                       Skill India needs to be cooordinated with Make In India
 
110)                       Budget 2015: Rs 1000 crore announced to enable IT start-ups
 
111)                       Budget 2015: Rs 1000 crore announced to enable IT start-ups
 
112)                       National Skills Mission planned to power youth
 
113)                       Rs 15,000 crore scheme to skill rural India
 
114)                       Poor students get fund aid through PM scheme
 
115)                       Efforts to bring in idle gold and improve supply are interesting but keep your fingers
115)
116)                       crossed as past schemes have failed.
 
117)                       AIIMS-like institutioins in J&K, Punjab, Himachal and Assam
 
118)                       IIMs in J&K and Andhra Pradesh, IIT in Karnataka
 
119)                       3 new pharma institutes in Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Chhattishgarh
 
120)                       Bankruptcy code and quick resolution of contracts and disputes are best near-term measures
120)
121)                       for the business
 
122)                       National Optical Fibre Network to be extended
 
123)                       Merger of forward markets commission with Sebi most welcome
 
124)                       Budget 2015: MGNREGA allocation increased by Rs 5,000 crore; at highest-ever level
 
125)                       Govt committed to Andhra and Telanga needs; Special assistance to Bengal, Bihar
 
126)                       To introduce Gold Monetising Scheme; To earn interest:FM
 
127)                       Merger of forward markets commission with Sebi most welcome
 
128)                       Budget 2015: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley proposes universal social security system
 
129)                       Commence work on Indian Gold Coin; to carry Ashoka Chakra
 
130)                       Indian Gold Coin to recycle local gold; cut overseas gold demand
 
131)                       A concrete effort by the Centre to improve ease of doing business, replacing slew of permits
131)
132)                       with a priority permission
 
133)                       Boost to entrepreneurship and start-ups appeals to the educated youth
 
134)                       Jewellery companies such as Gitanjali Gems, Shrenuj & Co, Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri gain
 
135)                       Sound initiatives to step up investment in infrastructure
 
136)                       Rs 10,000 crore for women and child development
 
137)                       Defence purchases to get Make in India boost
 
138)                       Budget 2015: Government plans a large scale push on infrastructure sector, says FM Jaitley
 
139)                       Low cost populism manifest in the pension and insurance cover on offer
 
140)                       Market reacts to Budget and slips in red
 
141)                       New bankruptcy law to facilitate ease of doing business: KMPG
 
142)                       Rs 346.99 billion for NREGA scheme
 
143)                       India’s gold coin can become new black money
 
144)                       Extension for visa on arrival to 150 countries a positive for tourism: KPMG
 
145)                       Armed forces to get cash boost of Rs 2 lakh crores
 
146)                       FY16 boost for health sector at Rs 3 lakh crore
 
147)                       Rs 1,200 crore for fast track corridor between Ahmedabad and Mumbai
 
148)                       Total expenditure estimated at crore Rs 17.70 lakh crore
 
149)                       FY16 expenses at Rs 13.13 lakh crore
 
150)                       Sovereign gold bond a good way to monetize gold stocks
 
151)                       Budget 2015: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley proposes universal social security system
 
152)                       Alphabet soup of the new schemes make up for good speeches but unlikely to be delivered on
152)
153)                       the ground
 
154)                       Budget 2015: Gold Monetization Scheme proposed to reduce demand for overseas gold
 
155)                       Sovereign gold bond a good way to monetize gold stocks.
 
156)                       Fiscal deficit will be 3.9% of GDP
 
157)                       Union Budget 2015 on rural infrastructure
 
158)                       Revenue deficit at 2.8% of GDP
 
159)                       Punita Sinha: Rationalising types of foreign investment should improve capital flows
 
160)                       Greater emphasis on rural economy excellent
 
161)                       #Budget2015 #Arunjaitley: Budget Estimates of Expenditure: 17 .77 lakh cr, of which Non Plan
161)
162)                       is 13.12 lakh cr, and Plan is 4.65 lakh crores
 
163)                       FM has dones well to balance needs of all segments
 
164)                       Globally competitive tax system an excellent idea
 
165)                       Budget 2015: To merge FMC with SEBI, MCX stock up
 
166)                       FY16 health sector allocation at Rs 3,31,500 cr
 
167)                       Budget 2015: To merge FMC with SEBI, MCX stock up
 
168)                       FY16 health sector allocation at Rs 3,31,500 cr
 
169)                       Ports to be corporatised. An excellent idea
 
170)                       Investment in infrastructure to go up by Rs 70,000 crores: Jaitley
 
171)                       Midcap Index in the red
 
172)                       Corporate tax trimmed to 25% from 30% over next 4 years
 
173)                       Corporate tax trimming will boost investments
 
174)                       Corporate Taxation to be cut in 4 year
 
175)                       Gold monetization necessary to strengthen capital market: Punita Sinha
 
176)                       West Bengal and Bihar get special sops like Andhra and Telangana, is this a political move
 
177)                       Amendment of Sec 6 of FEMA market RBI’s work difficult
 
178)                       To launch measures to tackle black money
 
179)                       Union Budget 2015: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announces plan for "ultra mega" power
179)
180)                       projects
 
181)                       Fiscal deficit target at 3.9% of GDP slightly higher than consensus projections. Plan
181)
182)                       spending ie government investment looks stagnant
 
183)                       Budget 2015: To promote cashless transactions via RUPay debit cards
 
184)                       Govt to launch PM Suraksha Bhima Yojana Jaitley
 
185)                       Union Budget 2015 Arun Jaitley wants government ports to become companies
 
186)                       Electronic filing of statements to track evaders and take action
 
187)                       Bill to enforce action against Black Money will be tabled in Parliament
 
188)                       Comprehensive new law to tackle black money to be in place soon
 
189)                       Greater play for PEs. Local private equity houses will be able to attract contributions from
189)
190)                       all classes of foreign investors. At present only NRIs can invest in domestic funds. Such
190)
191)                       investments will happen automatically without approaching FIPB
 
192)                       Penalty for evaders will be 10 years in jail
 
193)                       Basic rate of CorporateTax to be reduced from 30% to 25% in next 4 years;to be accompanied
193)
194)                       by reducing exemptions: @arunjaitley #Budget2015
 
195)                       Clubbing FDI and FPI under an unified foreign investment regime a positive step. It will
195)
196)                       reduce administrative hassles.
 
197)                       Hiding of income will face penalty of 300% of asset value
 
198)                       Hiding of income will face penalty of 300% of asset value
 
199)                       Phased corporate tax reduction one of the boldest moves.
 
200)                       Atal Pension Yojana to be launched Jaitley
 
201)                       FM: Corporate tax cut to start from next year
 
202)                       Atal Pension Yojana to be launched Jaitley
 
203)                       FM: Corporate tax cut to start from next year
 
204)                       Tax evasion in relation to foreign asset will be predicate offence
 
205)                       Budget 2015: Government announces bank to fund small entrepreneurs
 
206)                       Cut in Corporate tax rate cut to 25 per cent from 30 per cent over 4 years is an excellent
206)
207)                       idea
 
208)                       Foreign exchange management act to get more tooth
 
209)                       FEMA will be rejigged to include black money provisions
 
210)                       Benami properties will face more tax heat
 
211)                       PAN must for any sale exceeding Rs 1 lakh
 
212)                       Sensex bounces back after FM said that corporate tax rate will be cut to 25 per cent from 30
212)
213)                       per cent over 4 years
 
214)                       FM says employees can soon chose between PF and new pension scheme, meaning possibly PF
214)
215)                       won't be mandatory, that's a huge change for salaried Indians...
 
216)                       Easing inflation provides room for rate cut by RBI, says FM Arun Jaitley
 
217)                       Big policies on gold...more interest income for those holding the metal...gold bonds and a
217)
218)                       new gold coin with Ashoka emblem...the new gold coin could be this budget's most popular
218)
219)                       announcement
 
220)                       Proposes 5 ultra mega power projects for 4,000 MW each Jaitley
 
221)                       The gold coin is aimed at recycling old gold and preventing gold imports...sounds like a
221)
222)                       smart idea..worth examining in detail, especially asking how the market for this Ashoka gold
222)
223)                       coin will develop
 
224)                       Capital gain regime to be rationalised
 
225)                       Listening to the budget speech can be a schizophrenic experience...from heritage sites FM
225)
226)                       goes to electric cars...promising money for both...so, there's going to be India's own
226)
227)                       bankruptcy law, as ET had said there might be after we analysed the Economic Survey...this
227)
228)                       will be a huge boon for business...if our bankruptcy law is clear as that of America's
 
229)                       FM says what other FMs should have said a long back...cut in business tax exemptions and
229)
230)                       reducing use of cash in big transactions...the fine print on these will make for fascinating
230)
231)                       reading and keep India Inc big boys stay up at night
 
232)                       FM announces plan for "ultra mega" power projects. The move will benefit companies like
232)
233)                       NTPC, Tata Power, Adani Power, JSW Energy, CESC
 
234)                       Offshore fund managers to get ease on fund managment, law to be tweaked
 
235)                       Offshore fund managers to get ease on fund managment, law to be tweaked
 
236)                       Nice idea...but how do we get there...Chidambaram's banking trasnaction tax had to be
236)
237)                       withdrawn, Jaitley should remember thatMarkets are getting more and more unimpressed...gains
237)
238)                       have come down...but let's see tax proposals
 

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