Budget highlights

Following are the key highlights of the interim Budget 2019-20 presented by Finance Minister Piyush Goyal in the Lok Sabha Friday:
- Income up to Rs 5 lakh exempted from income tax
- Standard Deduction raised to Rs 50,000 from Rs 40,000
- Direct tax proposals to provide Rs 23,000 cr relief to 3 cr taxpayers
- 12 crore small, marginal farmers to be provided assured yearly income of Rs 6,000 under PM-KISAN scheme
- TDS threshold raised to Rs 40,000 from Rs 10,000 on interest earned on bank/post office deposits

- Tax exempted on notional rent on a second self-occupied house

- TDS threshold for deduction of tax on rent to be increased to Rs 2.40 lakh from Rs 1.80 lakh
- Tax benefits for affordable housing extended till March 31, 2020
- Tax exemption period on notional rent on unsold inventories extended to two years from one year
- Allocated Rs 20,000 crore in 2018-19, Rs 75,000 crore for FY2019-20 for PM-KISAN scheme
- Interest subvention of 2 pc during disaster to be provided to farmers for the entire period of reschedulement of loan
- 2 pc interest subvention to farmers for animal husbandry and fisheries activities; additional 3 pc in case of timely repayment

- Rs 3,000/month pension for 10 cr unorganised sector workers with contribution of Rs 100/55 per month under PM Shram Yogi Maandhan scheme
- Fiscal deficit pegged at 3.4 pc of GDP for 2019-20; target of 3 pc of fiscal deficit to be achieved by 2020-21
- Current Account Deficit pegged at 2.5 pc of GDP for FY20
- Total expenditure to rise by 13 pc to Rs 27.84 lakh cr in FY20
- National Education Mission allocation increased by about 20 pc to Rs 38,572 cr
- Allocation for Integrated Child Development Scheme increased by over 18 pc to Rs 27,584 cr

- Disinvestment target of Rs 80,000 cr in 2018-19 likely to be met; Target for FY20 set at Rs 90,000 cr
- 25 pc additional seats in educational institutions to meet the 10 per cent reservation for the poor
- Defence budget to cross Rs 3,00,000 cr for the first time
- Allocation for North East increased by 21 pc to Rs 58,166 cr in FY20
- Railways to get capital support of Rs 64,587 cr in FY20
- Indian filmmakers to get access to single window clearance for ease of shooting films; regulatory norms to rely more on self-declaration

- 2 interest subsidy for MSMEs on an incremental loan of Rs 1 crore for GST-registered entities
- At least 3 pc of the 25 pc sourcing for the government undertakings to be from women-owned SMEs
- One lakh villages to be transformed into digital ones in 5 years
- New portal to support national programme on Artificial Intelligence
- Reforms in stamp duty; amendments to ensure streamlined system for levy of stamp duties to be imposed and collected at one place
- A separate Department of Fisheries to be created for welfare of 1.5 crore fisherman
- 22nd AIIMS to be setup in Haryana

- Rs 60,000 crore allocation for MGNREGA in 2019-20