8 Key Highlights that you need to know
#1 Startups New Fund of Funds with ₹10,000 crore from the central government to be set up.
No income tax applies for annual earnings up to ₹12 lakhs, and for salaried employees, the threshold would be ₹12.75 lakhs due to standard deduction.
#3 Farmers PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana launched to improve agriculture infrastructure covering 17 Mn farmers in 100 districts.
#4 MSMEs
Customized Credit Cards with ₹ 5 lakh limit for micro enterprises & 10 lakh cards to be issued in the first year.
Fill in 10,000 additional seats to be added in medical colleges and 6500 seats in IITs started after 2014.text
50,000 Atal Tinkering Labs to be set up in Government schools in next 5 years.
100% FDIin the insurance sector, if the premiums earned are invested in India. Setting up a National Framework to promote Global Capability Centres (GCCs) in emerging tier-2 cities.
‘BeharatTradeNet’ (BTN) for international trade to be set-up as a unified platform for trade documentation and financing solutions.