• Due date of service tax return filling for second quarter(July to Sep) has been extended from 15 April to 30 April
• Set-top box import duty hiked
• Gold duty limit raised to Rs. 50,000 for men; Rs. 1 lakh for women
• 100% customs duty on luxury cars
• Increase in import duty on high end bikes from 75% to 100%
• 6% duty on mobile phones worth more than Rs. 2000
• Excise duty on cigarettes increased by 18%
• Import duty on raw silk hiked to 15%
• Luxury imported items to cost more
• Donations to National Children`s fund will be eligible for 100% tax deduction
• No plans to revise direct taxes
• No change in customs and excise duty
• Tax credit of Rs. 2000 for those with income upto Rs. 5 lakh
• Education cess at 3%
• donations to be tax free
• Surcharge of 10% on individuals, companies whose income is above Rs. 1 crore per year
• No revision in tax slabs
• Planned expenditure to be 33% of total expenditure
• Rs. 1,000 crore allocated to women safety fund
• Defence budget allocation increased to Rs. 2 lakh crore
• Insurance and pension funds can now directly invest in debt funds
• Domestic workers, Anganwadi workers, others to get group insurance
• 13 public sector banks to get Rs. 14,000 crore
• Propose to provide Rs. 14,000 cr for capital infusion in public sector banks
• Inflation indexed bonds and NSCs to be introduced
• JNNURM is being continued in the 12th Plan; Rs. 14,873 cr to be provided to the Mission
• Rs. 33,000 crore to be allocated to MNREGA
• Rs. 6000 crore for rural housing fund, Rs. 2000 cr for urban housing fund
• Two new ports to be built in West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh
• All towns having population of 10,000 to get LIC office
• Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna to be extended to rickshaw pullers and rag pickers
• List of eligible securities will be enlarged: Chidambaram
• SEBI to simplify procedures for entry of foreign portfolio investors in India: Chidambaram
• India`s first all-women public sector bank to be set up
• All public sector bank branches to have ATMs
• Focus on modernisation of powerloom sector
• Propose to continue with the technology upgradation, funds scheme for textile sector: Chidambaram
• Rs. 1650 cr allocated for AIIMS like institutes
• Natural gas pricing policy will be reviewed: Chidambaram
• Person taking home loan for the first time to get tax cut of Rs. 1 lakh
• Regulatory authority to be set up for road sector
• Rs. 17,700 crore to be allocated for Integrated Child Development Scheme
• Rs. 5000 cr allocated to NABARD
• Income level of Rajiv Gandhi equity schemes increased by Rs. 2 lakh
• Rs. 80, 194 crore allocated for rural development: Chidambaram
• Rs. 25,000 cr to be raised through tax free bonds: Chidambaram
• Rs. 10,000 crore for food security bill promised by UPA: Chidambaram
• Infrastructure debt fund to be encouraged: Chidambaram
• Rs. 37,330 cr allocated to ministry of health and family welfare: Chidambaram
• Rs. 41,000 allocated for scheduled caste welfare: Chidambaram
• Rs. 27,49 cr to be allocated to the agriculture ministry: Chidambaram
• Plan expenditure in 12th Five Year Plan revised to Rs. 14,30,825 cr or 96% of budgeted expenditure
• Scholarships for students from SC/ST, minority communities: Chidambaram
• Rs. 110 cr to be allocated to department of disability: Chidambaram
• Increased allocation for safe drinking water and sanitation: Chidambaram
• Increased allocation for mid-day meal schemes: Chidambaram
• Rs. 65,000 cr allocation for education schemes: Chidambaram
• Rs. 110 cr to be allocated to department of disability: Chidambaram
• Need $ 75 billion to bridge current account deficit: Chidambaram
• 2013-14 budget has sub-plans for SC, ST, youth and women: Chidambaram
• Foreign investment imperative for growth: Chidambaram
• Our economy has slowed down after 2010: Chidambaram
• No choice but to cut spendings to control inflation: Chidambaram
• China and Indonesia are growing faster than India: Chidambaram
• Getting back to 8% growth is a challenge for country: Chidambaram
• Our goal is higher growth: Chidambaram
• Between 2004-2008 and again in 2009-10, 2010-11 the growth rate was over 8%: Chidambaram
• P Chidambaram begins budget address in Lok Sabha
• Cabinet endorses Union Budget 2013-14, to be presented in Parliament shortly.
• Finance minister P Chidambaram reaches North Block.
• Chidambaram set to present India`s 82nd national budget.
• Today`s Union Budget will be Chidambaram`s eighth personal exercise.
• It`s two short of the record of 10 set by former PM Morarji Desai.
• Since Independence, the country has seen a total of 25 ministers hold the finance portfolio.
• India has also seen budgets - 65 normal annual budgets, 12 interim budgets and four mini-budgets.
• Morarji Desai presented eight normal and two interim budgets.
• Thursday will see Chidambaram equal the eight-budget track record of Pranab Mukherjee.
• Chidambaram will surpass Yashwant Sinha, YB Chavan and CD Deshmukh who all presented seven budgets each.
• PM Manmohan Singh and TT Krishnamachari have presented six budgets each.
• Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi have presented one budget each.
• Sensex closed up more than half a percent a day before the union budget 2013-14
• It will be the eighth such personal exercise for him
• Chidambaram set to present India`s 82nd national budget in Lok Sabha