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1 Feb 2025

No Income Tax on Average Monthly Income Of Upto Rs 1 Lakh; Check Other Highlights Of Union Budget 2025-26


Union Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2025-26 in Parliament today. Here is the summary of her budget speech. A major boost for middle class and income tax payers is that there will be no income tax on average monthly income of upto Rs 1 lakh. It will boost middle class household savings & consumption. Other key highlights of the budget are:


Salaried Class To Pay Nil Income Tax Upto ₹ 12.75 Lakh Per Annum In New Tax Regime

Union Budget Recognises 4 Engines Of Development – Agriculture, MSME, Investment And Exports

Benefitting 1.7 Crore Farmers, ‘Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana’ To Cover 100 Low Agricultural Productivity Districts

“Mission For Aatmanirbharta In Pulses” With A Special Focus On Tur, Urad And Masoor To Be Launched

Loans upto Rs. 5 lakhs through KCC under modified interest subvention scheme

FY-25 Estimated To End With Fiscal Deficit Of 4.8%, Target To Bring It Down To 4.4% In Fy-26

Significant Enhancement Of Credit With Guarantee Cover To MSMEs From Rs 5 Crore to Rs 10 Crore

A National Manufacturing Mission Covering Small, Medium And Large Industries For Furthering “Make In India”

50,000 Atal Tinkering Labs In Government Schools In Next 5 Years

Centre Of Excellence In Artificial Intelligence For Education, With A Total Outlay Of Rs 500 Crore

PM Svanidhi with Enhanced Loans From Banks, And UPI Linked Credit Cards With Rs 30,000 Limit

Gig Workers to Get Identity Cards, Registration On E-Shram Portal & Healthcare Under Pm Jan Arogya Yojana

Rs 1 Lakh Crore Urban Challenge Fund For ‘Cities As Growth Hubs’

Nuclear Energy Mission for R&D of Small Modular Reactors with An Outlay of Rs 20,000 Crore

Modified Udan Scheme To Enhance Regional Connectivity To 120 New Destinations

Rs 15,000 Crore Swamih Fund to Be Established For Expeditious Completion Of Another 1 Lakh Stressed Housing Units

Rs 20,000 Crore Allocated For Private Sector Driven Research Development And Innovation Initiatives

Gyan Bharatam Mission For Survey and Conservation of Manuscripts to Cover More Than One Crore Manuscripts

FDI Limit Enhanced For Insurance from 74 to 100 Percent

Jan Vishwas Bill 2.0 to Be Introduced For Decriminalizing More Than 100 Provisions In Various Laws

Updated Income Tax Returns Time Limit Increased From Two To Four Years

Delay In TCS Payment Decriminalized

TDS On Rent Increased From rs 2.4 Lakh To Rs 6 Lakh

Basic customs duty (BCD) Exempted On 36 Lifesaving Drugs and Medicines For Treating Cancer, Rare And Chronic Diseases

BCD On IFPD Increased To 20% and On Open Cells Reduced To 5%

BCD On Parts of Open Cells Exempted To Promote Domestic Manufacturing

To Boost Battery Production, Additional Capital Goods for EV And Mobile Battery Manufacturing Exempted

BCD Exempted For 10 Years On Raw Materials & Components Used For Ship Building

BCD Reduced From 30% To 5% On Frozen Fish Paste And 15% To 5% On Fish Hydrolysate


Prakash Kumar Pandey



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