• 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