I-T rates significantly reduced for those who do not avail exemptions

₹40,000 per annum of revenue foregone from new I-T rates

Date of approval of housing projects for availing tax holiday extended

Reduction in available I-T exemptions

System for instant allotment of PAN on basis of Aadhaar to be launched

Rules of origin requirements to be tweaked in Customs act

Taxpayer to pay only amount of disputed tax

Step-motherly treatment meted out to the people of Delhi: CM Arvind Kejriwal

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is presenting Budget 2020-21 on Feb 1, 2020.

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is presenting Union Budget for the financial year 2020-21 in Parliament on Saturday. This is the minister's second budget.

Like last year, the finance minister arrived at the Parliament in the morning with the traditional 'bahi-khata. She was accompanied by her deputy, minister of state Anurag Thakur.

In the Economic Survey, released on Friday, the government predicted that economic growth would pick up to 6.0% to 6.5% in the fiscal year beginning April 1, but also warned that it may have exceeded its deficit target to revive growth.

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