BUDGET 2023 NEWS & UPDATES

The budget for fiscal 2024 is growth-oriented and focuses on capital spending to stoke demand and ultimately crowd in private-sector investments. It also provides support to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and should boost consumption demand through tax concessions. Yet it plans to stick to the fiscal consolidation path — there is no borrowing shock — which augurs well for interest rates. Such tidings will prepare the economy for its next phase of growth.

The Indian government has announced multiple initiatives in the budget for the development of infrastructure. This budget focuses on increased spending in infrastructure, which is likely to have a multiplier effect by increasing demand generation, creating more employment as well as enhancing the quality of life of citizens. The budget also announces multiple forward-looking initiatives for improving the infrastructure sector.

For education and medical treatment there is no change to the earlier tax of 5% on remittances in excess of ₹7 lakh Overseas tour packages will get m...

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget 2023 has set the tone for the Indian economy’s longer-term future by making room for fiscal consolidation while still boosting the government’s capital expenditure investments, made possible by cutting down on populism, say analysts. Going forward, analysts expect cyclical and capital-intensive sectors like infrastructure to benefit from the government’s economic direction.

The Finance Minister reduced the maximum tax rate, and that will push HNIs and UHNIs to invest more. Home-grown and global A...

The Economic Survey of 2022-23 expects the Indian economy to grow at 7% for the year ending March 2023, with the country also widely projected to be the fastest growing economy in FY23. At a time when the global economy is grappling with recessionary pressures, this status is a boon. In light of the above and considering that tax rates, deduction and exemption limits, have relatively remained unchanged for some time now, the expectations of individual taxpayers from the Union Budget were quite high. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed to introduce five major amendments to tax regulations, impacting individual taxation. It is important to note that all these changes, except that relating to leave encashment, apply only to the new tax regime.

There may be more pain than gain for EV makers and buyers from the Union Budget 2023-24. While the Finance Minister did extend the customs duty exemption for capital goods and machinery for lithium-ion manufacturing for EVs, she did make importing auto parts costlier for all automobiles. The net net effect may be that EVs might become costlier going ahead. "To further provide impetus to green mobility, customs duty exemption is being extended to import of capital goods and machinery required for manufacture of lithium-ion cells for batteries used in electric vehicles," said finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget address.

The Union Budget is one of the most anticipated annual events in India. I personally believe that the Union Budget 2023-24 should not be seen as an isolated event but as one of the many steps over a series of successful and pathbreaking reforms. The focus areas are: (i) boosting economic growth, (ii) employment generation, (iii) encouraging savings and investments, and (iv) fiscal consolidation. The government needs to be commended for keeping the fiscal deficit under control. India’s fiscal deficit was in line with the Budget Estimates of 6.4% of the gross domestic product (GDP). Buoyant direct and GST (goods and services tax) collections were one of the reasons for successfully keeping the fiscal deficit under check.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday presented the much-awaited Budget 2023-24 in the parliament. She made several announcements regarding changes in duties, new initiatives by the government and changes to the tax structure. She also reduced custom duty for smartphone components such as camera lens and open cells of TV panels. The government also announced that it is setting up three new centers of excellence in artificial intelligence (AI), 100 5G labs and more.

The Union Budget 2023-24 has put the focus on putting more money in the common man’s pocket whilst also ensuring the growth ...

Also, 20 per cent TCS will be applicable in cases where funds in excess of Rs 7 lakh are sent out of India under the Liberalised Remittance Scheme of the RBI.

For better targeting of tax concessions and exemptions, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman capped deduction from capital gains on investment in residential houses under sections 54 and 54F to Rs 10 crore.

The government proposed to take up 100 critical transport infrastructure projects, for last and first-mile connectivity for ports, coal, steel, fertilizer, and food grains sectors.

An upward revision in income tax slabs and a continued push on capital expenditure investments emerged as the key highlights of the Union Budget 2023-24. While the revised tax slabs under the new tax regime will benefit the middle-class and salaried individuals, the government also announced a 33% increase in its capital investment outlay for FY24 to boost growth and promote job creation.

Fully imported cars, including electric vehicles, will cost more with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announcing hike in customs duty in the Union Budget 2023-24.

​From camera lens to cigarettes: what got cheaper and more expensive after Budget 2023​...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the first budget of the "amrit kaal" provides foundation to fulfil the resolve for a developed India while giving priority to deprived sections of the society as well.

To give impetus to the youth and help the 'Amrit Peedhi' realise their dreams, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said that the government has formulated the National Education Policy, focused on skilling, adopted economic policies that facilitate job creation at scale and to support business opportunities.

Insurance policies where the premium is over Rs 5 lakh will no longer be tax exempt, as per the provisions in the Union Budget 2023-24.

National Digital Library to be set up to facilitate the availability of quality books. Books and resources will be available...

The FM today changed the income tax rebate limit from ₹5 lakh per annum to ₹7 lakh per annum in the new tax regime. Those with an annual income of ₹7 lakh and below need not pay income tax.

The Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, presented the Budget 2023 in the parliament today. Among the many announcements, the minister announced that the government is setting up three centers of excellence in artificial intelligence- in prominent educational institutions. The main goal of these centers will be to research and develop practical AI applications in agriculture, health, and sustainable cities. This will help India in its growth trajectory with able use of technology.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be presenting her fifth Budget that may do a tightrope walk between staying fiscally prudent and meeting general public expectations of lower taxes and a wider social security net, while at the same time firing the engines of the economy. Sitharaman had in her first Budget in 2019 replaced leather briefcase -- which had been in used for decades for carrying Budget documents -- with a traditional 'bahi-khata' wrapped in red cloth.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has arrived at the Ministry of Finance in the North Block ahead of the Budget pres...

The pre-budget Economic Survey 2023 released on Tuesday projects India’s gross domestic product (GDP) will grow 6-6.8% in the financial year 2023-24, the slowest since 2021-2022. In its first advance estimate, the Survey has projected a GDP growth of 7% for FY23, ahead of the Reserve Bank of India’s projection of 6.8%. “The optimistic growth forecasts stem from a number of positives like the rebound of private consumption giving a boost to production activity, higher capital expenditure (capex), near universal vaccination coverage enabling people to spend on contact-based services,” said the Economic Survey 2023.