Interim Budget 2019 a road map for planning long-term investments

Capital Gain Exemption under 54 EA of Rs 2 crore (one time) - for buying the second house should boost demand for housing sector and housing finance companies.

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal pledged Rs 75,000 crore to support farm income, and reduced the tax burden for middle-class voters in his Interim Budget 2019 on Friday. The moves may be aimed at finding favour with the electorate in the Narendra Modi government's last Budget before the Lok Sabha elections 2019. The Budget proposals also reduced the burden for the middle class, by raising the income tax threshold from Rs 250,000 to Rs 500,000. Many of these measures aim to put money into pockets quickly. 

Rural India

The government announced a Rs 1,35,000-crore stimulus for Rural India, where a Rs