Budget 2018

Ananth S Iyer
01.02.18 05:50 PM Comment(s)

Propose to Hinder

Custom duty on mobiles from 15% to 20%

Custom duty other mobile parts to 15%,

Custom duty some parts of TVs to 15%.

Levy the health and education cess to 3% on imports

to tax long term capital gains exceeding Rs 1 lakh in listed stock at 10%.

Automatic revision of MPs’ emoluments every five years, indexed to inflation.

Emoluments of President, Vice President and Governor being revised: Rs 5 lakh; 4 lakh; Rs 3.5 lakh per month respectively.


Propose to Benefit

Rs 50,000 additional benefit to senior citizens for investment in medi claim.

A standard deduction of additional Rs 40,000 for salaried employees.

Reduced corporate rate of 25% for companies with reported turnover of up to Rs 250 crore.

100% tax deduction for the first five years to companies registered as farmer producer companies with a turnover of Rs. 100 crore and above.

Government has identified 372 basic business reform actions

Government proposes to revamp the system of sanctioning of loans to

SMEs

Rs 3 lakh crore allocated for PM MUDRA Yojana