Budget 2024: India likely to announce social security fund for informal workers

Budget 2024: India likely to announce social security fund for informal workers

Union Budget 2024: India could announce a social security fund for the labourforce in the unorganised sector as well as gig and platform workers in the interim budget to be presented by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1. The fund, proposed in the Social Security Code, 2020, would be a step toward universal social … Read more

Budget 2024: Govt may extend scope of PLI scheme to job-creating sectors

Budget 2024: Govt may extend scope of PLI scheme to job-creating sectors

To incentivise the manufacturing sector and generate employment, the government may extend the scope of PLI scheme to include sectors like garments, jewellery and handicrafts in the forthcoming interim Budget, Deloitte said. Currently, Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme is available for 14 sectors. Read our full Budget 2024 coverage here Deloitte India Partner Rajat Wahi said … Read more

Interim Budget 2024: Will Centre raise minimum pension amount under Atal Pension Yojana? Here's what we know

Interim Budget 2024: Will Centre raise minimum pension amount under Atal Pension Yojana? Here's what we know

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will read out the Interim Budget 2024 on February 1. Though there is a clear indication that the Centre may not declare major changes in the taxation system like last year, there is a buzz that the Cente may bring in some modifications in the Atal Pension Yojana. Government sources … Read more

Modi govt plans budget incentives for low-cost housing ahead of elections: sources

Modi govt plans budget incentives for low-cost housing ahead of elections: sources

India plans to announce an extension to Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s flagship federal housing scheme in next month’s budget and an increase in available subsidies for low-cost housing loans, three sources said, ahead of elections this year. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who will present an interim budget on Feb. 1, is likely to raise allocations … Read more

Interim Budget 2024: Will standard deduction of Rs 50,000 get a hike?

Interim Budget 2024: Will standard deduction of Rs 50,000 get a hike?

The Interim Budget 2024 is just around the corner and the middle-class taxpayers are holding their breath, hopeful for some relief in the form of income tax concessions. If Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposes it in the interim budget 2024 scheduled for February 1, ahead of the general elections, it would provide a much-needed boost … Read more

Budget 2024: Will the government revise taxes on employee stock ownership plans? Here's what experts say

Budget 2024: Will the government revise taxes on employee stock ownership plans? Here's what experts say

Although Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be presenting the Interim Budget ahead of the scheduled Lok Sabha elections in May, startups and experts feel that the government should offer clarity on ESOP taxation to benefit start-up employees. ESOPs (Employee Stock Ownership Plans) are employee incentives that companies use to attract, reward, and retain talent. … Read more

Investment submission deadline: Here are the deductions which are allowed under New Tax Regime

Investment submission deadline: Here are the deductions which are allowed under New Tax Regime

New Tax Regime: The Centre introduced the New Tax Regime under Section 115BAC as a new optional alternative to the Old Tax Regime from April 1, 2020 (FY 2020-21) for individuals and the Hindu undivided family (HUF). But after three years, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during the Union Budget 2023 announced that the New … Read more

IT Returns 2024: New Income Tax rules introduced in 2023 that would affect you in 2024

IT Returns 2024: New Income Tax  rules introduced in 2023 that would affect you in 2024

New Tax rules 2023: The Government of India announced several new rules for the Income Tax in the Union Budget 2023. One of the significant announcements regarding personal taxation was the declaration of the New Income Tax Regime as the default tax regime. In her Budget speech for 2023-24, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said budget … Read more

Interim budget: Govt likely to give populist spending a pass ahead of general election

Interim budget: Govt likely to give populist spending a pass ahead of general election

New Delhi: The government is likely to stay on the fiscal course-correction glide path in the interim budget for FY25, shunning populist spending or incentives ahead of the summer general election, said people aware of deliberations on the subject. The post-Covid-19 fiscal consolidation roadmap proposed by the government estimates the fiscal deficit at 4.5% of … Read more

Economy gaining from manufacturing boost: Nirmala Sitharaman

Economy gaining from manufacturing boost: Nirmala Sitharaman

New Delhi: India continues to be the fastest-growing major economy, with all sectors contributing significantly, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Thursday. She flagged India’s manufacturing growth, citing India’s mobile phone and passenger vehicle exports. “The second-quarter growth was very high – it is the highest in the world,” Sitharaman said, replying to a short-duration discussion … Read more