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Union Budget 2024
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget 2024 on July 23 at 11 a.m.
Stay tuned for live updates and analysis of union budget 2024:
- Govt proposes Rs 26,000 crore for various road projects in Bihar, says FM in Lok Sabha
- Govt to provide incentive to 30 lakh youth entering job market by providing 1 month PF contribution
- Rs 15,000 crore to be allocated for development of Amravati as AP’s capital. Money to be raised from multilateral funding agencies and routed through the Centre.
- Government will provide financial support for loans up to Rs 10 lakh for higher education in domestic institutions.
- One month wage to all workers newly entering the work cycle. Rs 15,000 to new entrants in EPFO for those with salary of up to Rs 1 lakh per month. This will benefit 210 lakh youth.
- Allocation of Rs 1.52 lakh crore for agriculture and allied sector.
- Allocation of Rs 1.48 lakh crore for education, employment and skilling.
- Financial support for loans upto Rs 10 lakh for higher education in domestic institutions
- Budget 2024-25 increased the limit of Mudra loans from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 20 lakh and introduced a new assessment model for MSME credit.
- Standard tax deduction proposed to be hiked from Rs 50,000 to 75,000. deduction on family pension from 15,000 to 25,000
- Salaried employees stand to save Rs 17,500 in new tax regime, states Nirmala Sitharaman in the budget speech.
- New tax regime: 0-3 lakh – Nil, 3-7 – 5%, 7-10 – 10%, 10-12 –15%, 12-15 – 20% Above 15 – 30%