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Key points of the budget:
The government is very keen on ensuring that inflation is curbed and food security is ensured for all
citizens.
Food items: Since inefficient distribution has been found to be the culprit for the sky rocketing of food
prices, the FM has proposed to focus on reducing Production and Distributions bottlenecks. Food,
vegetables, Meat etc will show an easing of prices in the medium term future.
Education: A higher allotment of funds in the form of over 24% hike as compared to last year for the
Education Sector.
Income tax: More modernization of the taxation system is being mooted. A new form called "SUGAM"
will make it easier for small tax payers to file their returns.
A miniscule hike of Rs 20000 in the exemption limit for tax payers has been introduced. The older
citizens can feel happy as the FM has decrease the income tax "senior citizen" definition from age 65 to
age 60 thus giving a big benefit to those born between 1946-1951. And for those who survive all the
hardships of life and lvie to be over 80 they get a higher limit!!
Deduction of Rs 20000 for infrastructure bonds has been retained.
The direct taxes code which has been proposed to be implement from Aril 1, 2012. This has been in the
offing for quite some time and is expected to make taxation simpler. The wait continues.
Direct transfer of Cash subsidy to be given to people below poverty line so that delivery of Kerosene,
LPG and fertilizers happen in a more efficient and accountable manner
Selling off PSU's: Continuing the focus on divesting government stakes in Public Sector Undertakings the
FM has proposed to look at raising Rs 40000 Crores from divestment in 11-12
Foreign Investment: The business environment is set to improve for Foreign companies as the
government is looking at further liberalizing the FDI policy. More Foreign Direct Investment can only be
good for the economy. Way to go...
Investment in infrastructure will go up since FII investment in corporate bonds has been raised. Better
roads, Bridges are on their way.
Housing Loan: Loan limit has been enhanced to Rs 25 Lakh for housing under priority sector lending.
Interest subsidy (subvention) of 1% on housing loan has been liberalized. People in the lower financial
spectrum to get benefit from Mortgage Risk Guarantee Fund.
Agriculture: Higher allotment uinder Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana of Rs 7860 Crores could see more
support for the agriculture sector. Special focus on Vegetables in the form of Rs 300 crore for Vegetable
initiative. Agriculture credit too raised to Rs 475, 000/- crores. Happier farmers could mean lower prices
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for the common man. Focus on Cold Chains and Storage could also lead to efficiency and in return
reduction in prices and better quality vegetables reaching our kitchens.
Infrastructure is King: Rs 214000 Crores has been allotted for infrastructure for 2011-12. An increase of
over 23% over the last year. We can see better highways and transport systems in the near future which
could lead to reduction in inflation in the longer term.
Bring the money back: As expected the FM has taken note of the hue and cry over Black Money. Many
new initiatives have been mooted to bring back black money in circulation.
Air travel and Medical aid to cost more: Service tax on air travel has been hiked. Hospitals with over 25
beds will have to pay tax on all services. So those posh hospitals could be giving you higher bills in the
coming year.
Bottom line: Overall a very low key budget that has not given great cheer to any particular sector except
for Agriculture and Infrastructure. But to give credit to the FM, this focus on these two most critical
sectors will only mean that in the longer term all of us get to benefit from better Food stability andBetter infrastructure.
New Delhi: In a relief provided to the salaried class in Union Budget 2011-12, Finance Minister Pranab
Mukherjee on Monday hiked the individual taxpayers Income Tax exemption limit from the current Rs
1.60 lakh to Rs 1.80 lakh. This will translate into an annual savings of Rs 2,000 on Income Tax.
The exemption limit for senior citizens has also been increased from the current Rs 2,40,000 to Rs
2,50,000, while senior citizens age limit has been reduced from 65 years to 60 years. A very senior
citizens category has also been created for people with age 80 years and above and they will get ahigher exemption limit of Rs 5 lakh. The exemption limit for women tax payers remains unchanged at Rs
1,90,000.
The tax sop of Rs 20,000 investment in infrastructure bonds, which results in a tax saving of Rs 2,000,
has also been extended by a year. Pranab however told the Lok Sabha that all other tax rates and slabs
for personal income tax would continue to remain same. He said the idea was to make taxes moderate,
payment simple, and collection easy.
The Finance Minister also raised the housing loan limit to Rs 25 lakh for priority sector lending. Pranab
told the Parliament that the government is also liberalising scheme of interest subversion of 1% on
home loan by including loans upto 15 lakh for houses that cost upto Rs 25 lakh. He further announced Rs
3000 crore for Rural Housing Fund.
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For the corporate sector, the Finance Minister reduced surcharge of 7.5% to 5%. He however hiked
direct tax from 18% to 18.5% for corporate. Pranab said he was not proposing any roll back in either the
service tax or excise duty, which both currently stand at 10%.
Pranab hiked the service tax on each domestic air ticket by Rs 50 and on international ticket by Rs 250.
The Finance Minister also doled out sops for the agriculture sector and proposed Rs 7,860 crores for
Farmer Development Program. The minister further proposed to raise farm loan target to Rs 4.75 lakh
crores in the next fiscal year and said the government would also provide additional 3% interest benefit
on some farm loans.
Pranab said inflation has remained above the comfort level for most part of the current fiscal and is
another focus area. The overall inflation at 8.23% is higher than the comfort level of the Reserve Bank at
5-6%, he said. The minister added that food inflation had moderated to 9.3% in January this year from
20.2% in February 2010.
The Finance Minister further said that the new Companies Bill could be introduced in the current session
of Parliament. On the Direct Tax Code, Pranab said the Bill was likely to be passed by Parliament in the
next financial year after the Standing Committees report is received. GST, he assured, would roll out
from April 1, 2012.
On the disinvestment front, Pranab promised to maintain the tempo and said the government had set a
Rs 40,000 crore target this fiscal. The minister said discussions were on to further liberalise FDI Policy,
while announcing that FIIs would be allowed to invest in mutual funds while their investment limit in
corporate bonds to be hiked to USD 40 billion.
Budget Highlights
Income Tax Corporate Tax Black Money
Service Tax Indirect Tax Inflation
Growth Subsidies Infrastructure and Industry
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Agriculture Fiscal Health Fundamentals
Outlays Rural & Social Sector Education
Banking & Finance Green Initiatives
Income Tax
* Idea to make tax moderate, payment simple, collection easy
* Rs 1.80 lakh exemption for general tax payer; will accrue benefit Rs 2000
* Senior citizens age limit reduced from 65 years to 60 years
* Amount of exemption on senior citizens increased from Rs 2,40,000 to Rs 2,50,000
* Very senior citizens category created for 80 years and above
* Very senior citizens to get higher exemption limit of Rs 5 lakh
* To introduce simpler tax forms for presumptive tax
* Invest-linked deduction for housing linked products
* Tax sop of Rs 20,000 in infra bonds stays for one more year
* Low withholding tax of 5% for notified infra funds
* New revised income tax return form `Sugam` to be introduced for small tax papers
* Net loss from direct tax proposals estimated at Rs 11,500 crore
* Direct Taxes Code (DTC) to be effective from April 1, 2012
Corporate Tax
* Corporate surcharge reduced to 5% from current 7.5%
* Minimum Alternate Tax raised to 18.5%
* MAT introduced on developers of SEZ
* Foreign dividend rate tax cut to 15% for Indian companies
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Black Money
* Five-f old strategy to deal with black money
1. Discussions on double taxation avoidance agreements: India has comprehensive Double TaxationAvoidance Agreements (DTAA ) with 65 countries. This means that there are agreed rates of tax and
jurisdiction on specified types of income arising in a country to a tax resident of another country. Under
the Income Tax Act 1961 of India, there are two provisions, Section 90 and Section 91, which provide
specific relief to taxpayers to save them from DTAA. Section 90 is for taxpayers who have paid the tax to
a country with which India has signed DTAA, while Section 91 provides relief to tax payers who have
paid tax to a country with which India has not signed a DTAA. Thus, India gives relief to both kind of
taxpayers.
A large number of foreign institutional investors who trade on the Indian stock markets operate from
Mauritius. According to the tax treaty between India and Mauritius, capital gains arising from the sale of shares are taxable in the country of residence of the shareholder and not in the country of residence of
the company whose shares have been sold. Therefore, a company resident in Mauritius selling shares of
an Indian company will not pay tax in India. Since there is no capital gains tax in Mauritius, the gain will
escape tax altogether.
The Indian and Cypriot tax treaty is the only other such Indian treaty to provide for the same beneficial
treatment of capital gains.
It must be noted that India has and is making attempts to revise both the Mauritius and Cyprus tax
treaties to eliminate this favourable treatment of capital gains tax.
Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements A Brief Overview
Fiscal jurisdiction is often the most aggressively guarded jurisdiction of any nation. As a consequence,
even in times when economies are going global and borders fading, leading to liquid movement of
goods, services and capital, double taxation is still one of the major obstacles to the development of
inter-country economic relations. Nations are often forced to negotiate and accommodate the claims of
other nations within their heavily guarded fiscal jurisdiction by the means of double taxation avoidance
agreements, in order to bring down the barriers to international trade.
The Fiscal Committee of OECD in the Model Double Taxation Convention on Income and Capital, 1977,
defines the phenomenon of international juridical double taxation as the imposition of comparable
taxes in two or more states on the same tax payer in respect of the same subject matter and for
identical periods. Therefore, the basic cause of international multiple taxation is the exercise by
sovereign states of their inherent right to levy tax extra-territorially. Most of the countries subject their
residents to tax, on the basis of personal jurisdiction, on their global income including income arising or
having its source in foreign countries.
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a) laying down rules for division of revenue between two countries;
b) exempting certain incomes from tax in either country ;
c) reducing the applicable rates of tax on certain incomes taxable in either countries
Secondly, and equally importantly tax treaties help a taxpayer of one country to know with greater
certainty the potential limits of his tax liabilities in the other country.
Still another benefit from the tax-payers point of view is that, to a substantial extent, a tax treaty
provides against non-discrimination of foreign tax payers or the permanent establishments in the source
countries vis-à-vis domestic tax payers.
Pattern of taxation
Double taxation agreements allocate jurisdiction with respect to the right to tax a particular kind of
income. The principle underlying tax treaties is to share the revenues between two countries. If each
country gets a reasonable share of tax revenues, the bilateral and multilateral trade prospers and the
overall tax collection also increases as a result of which both countries tend to benefit.[3] A double tax
avoidance agreement deals by and large with business income, income from moveable property and
from immovable property.
There are well established patterns of taxation of various types on income. The agreements provide of
allocation of taxing jurisdiction to different contracting parties in respect of different heads of income.
In general, the rules are to the following effect:
· Income from the business[4] is taxed
only in the resident country, if the business entity has no activity in the source state;
only on the source state, if there is a fixed place of business, i.e. Permanent Establishment and to the
extent it is attributable to that place
· Income form immovable property[5] arising to a non-resident is taxed primarily in the state of its
location, i.e. the source[6] state.
· Income from movable property such as dividends[7], interest[8] and royalties[9] are primarily taxed in
the resident state, but the source state may impose a reduced tax.
Methods of Eliminating Double Taxation
The objective of double taxation can be achieved Tax treaties employ various methods or a combination
of
(i) Exemption Method -
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One method of avoiding double taxation is for the residence country to altogether exclude foreign
income from its tax base. The country of source is then given exclusive right to tax such incomes. This is
known as complete exemption method and is sometimes followed in respect of profits attributable to
foreign permanent establishments or income from immovable property. Indian tax treaties with
Denmark, Norway and Sweden embody with respect to certain incomes.
(ii) Credit Method
This method reflects the underline concept that the resident remains liable in the country of residence
on its global income, however as far the quantum of tax liabilities is concerned credit for tax paid in the
source country is given by the residence country against its domestic tax as if the foreign tax were paid
to the country of residence itself.
(iii) Tax Sparing
One of the aims of the Indian Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements is to stimulate foreign investment
flows in India from foreign developed countries. One way to achieve this aim is to let the investor to
preserve to himself/itself benefits of tax incentives available in India for such investments. This is done
through Tax Sparing. Here the tax credit is allowed by the country of its residence, not only in respect
of taxes actually paid by it in India but also in respect of those taxes India forgoes due to its fiscal
incentive provisions under the Indian Income Tax Act.
Thus, tax sparing credit is an extension of the normal and regular tax credit to taxes that are spared by
the source country i.e. forgiven or reduced due to rebates with the intention of providing incentives for
investments.
The regular tax credit is a measure for prevention of double taxation, but the tax sparing credit extends
the relief granted by the source country to the investor in the residence country by the way of an
incentive to stimulate foreign investment flows and does not seek reciprocal arrangements by the
developing countries.
Applicability of Treaty benefits
In order to get the benefit of a tax treaty, it is necessary to have an access to it. For that purpose, a
person must qualify in terms of the treaty as a:
- person
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- resident of any of the Contracting states; and
- beneficial owner of the income by the way of dividends, interest or royalties for a lower rate of
withholding tax.
Residence of a Person/ Resident
The determination of the residential status is of great significance as the taxability of income under the
domestic laws depends upon it, and as also only the resident of a contracting state can seek relief from
double taxation.
The expression resident of contracting state is defined to mean any person who, under the laws of that
state, is
1. liable to tax therein by reason of
2. domicile, residence, place of management or
3. any other criterion of a similar nature.
The treaty provisions set forth rules for determination whether a person is a resident of a contracting
state for purposes of the treaty. The determination looks for first to a persons liability to tax as a
resident under the respective taxation laws of the contracting state. If a person is resident in both the
contracting states, there are provisions to assign a single state of residence to him for purposes of the
treaty through tie-breaking rules.
Business Income
The business income of a non-resident is taxable in India under section 9(1)(i) of the ITA only if it accrues
or arises, directly or indirectly, through or from any business connection in India, property in India, asset
or source of income in India, or through the transfer of an Indian capital asset. Explanation 2 of section
9(1) (i) contain an inclusive definition of business connection; as per which a business connection is said
to exist if any person carrying on a business activity acts on behalf of a non-resident and:
# has and habitually exercises an authority to conclude contracts on behalf of the non-resident
# has no such authority, but habitually maintains in India a stock of goods or merchandise from which he
regularly delivers goods or merchandise on behalf of the non-resident
# habitually secures orders in India, mainly or wholly for the non-resident or its affiliates.
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Permanent Establishment
Double taxation agreement restricts the jurisdiction of the contracting states to taxing business income
of a foreign enterprise only if such enterprise carries on business in India through a permanent
establishment.
The term permanent establishment as defined in Article 5 means a fixed place of business through
which business of an enterprise is carried on. The definition requires performance of business activity
through a fixed place of business in another country. The expression has been defined as:
a. fixed place of business through which the business of an
b. enterprise is
c. Wholly or partly carried on.
The first part of Article 5(1) postulates that the existence of a fixed place of business whereas the second
part postulates that the business is carried on through a fixed place. If the second part is not attracted,
there is no permanent establishment.[10] Thereby meaning that there should necessarily be a fixed
place of business through which the enterprise must conduct business activity and that activity must be
income generating.
Treating shopping
Treating shopping is an expression which refers to the act of a resident of a third country taking
advantage of a fiscal treaty between states. A person acts through a legal entity created in a state
essentially to obtain treaty benefits that would not be available directly to such person.
The basic feature of treaty shopping is the establishment of base companies in other states solely for the
purpose of enjoying the benefit of a particular treaty rules existing between the state involved and the
third state. An example of treaty shopping can be the India-Mauritius double Taxation agreement where
various companies have been incorporated in Mauritius to take advantage of the Indo-Mauritius DTAA
in which capital gains are to be assessed as per the law of the state of residence of the entity .However,
under the Mauritian law, tax is not levied on capital gains which means that the capital gains made by
the Mauritian entity on transfer of shares in an Indian company go unassessed.
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However, the last few tears have seen a change in the approach of the States in the wake of wide
reports of extensive money laundering and the tax evasion. As a consequences, a lot of countries are
adopting a Limitation of Benefits clause in the tax treaties so as o restrict third parties from taking
advantage of tax treaties between two other states.
Indian Tax Regime
The Income Tax Act, 1961 (ITA) governs taxation of income in India. According to section 5 of the ITA,
Indian residents[11] are taxable on their worldwide income, and nonresidents are taxed only on income
that has its source in India.[12]10 Section 6 of the ITA defines who may be a tax resident and contains
different residency criteria for companies, firms, and individuals. The scope of section 5 is expanded by
the legal fiction contained in section 9, which deems certain kinds of income to be of Indian source.
The ITA favors source-based taxation as compared to the OECD model conventions or treaties entered
into by many developed countries that favor residence based taxation. Indian courts have supported
source based taxation in several cases in the past.
Indian Policy With Respect To Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements
The policy adopted by the Indian government in regard to double taxation treaties may be worded as
follows:
Trading with India should be relieved of Indian taxes considerably so as to promote its economic and
industrial development.
There should be co-ordination of Indian taxation with foreign tax legislation for Indian as well as foreign
companies trading with India
The agreements are intended to permit the Indian authorities to co-operate with the foreign tax
administration.
Tax treaties are a good compromise between taxation at source and taxation in the country of residence
India primarily follows the UN model convention and one therefore finds the tax-sparing and credit
methods for elimination of double taxation in most Indian treaties as well as more source-based
taxation in respect of the articles on royalties and other income than in the OECD model convention.
Conclusion
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The regime of international taxation exists through bilateral tax treaties based upon model treaties,
developed by the OECD and the UN, between the Contracting States. India has entered into a wide
network of tax treaties with various countries all over the world to facilitate free flow of capital into and
from India. However, the international tax regime has to be restructured continuously so as to respond
to the current challenges and drawbacks.
2. 1200 cases have been filed under the Money Laundering Law:
3 National policy to curb narcotics trade as it also fuels black money
4 Money Laundering Legislations scope expanded
5 Strength of Enforcement Directorate increased three-fold
Service Tax
* Ambit of service tax increased
* No roll back in service tax, to stay at 10%
* Service tax widened to cover hotel accommodation above Rs 1,000 per day, A/C restaurants serving
liquor
* Service tax on some category of hospitals
* Service tax on diagnostic tests
* Some legal services to be brought under service tax net
* Service by an individual to another individual exempted
* Service tax to result in a revenue gain of Rs 4,000 crore
* To raise service tax on domestic air travel by Rs 50 per ticket
* To raise service tax on international air travel by Rs 250 per ticket
* A new scheme to be introduced for refund of service tax on lines of drawback of duties
* Service tax to be levied on investment services by insurance firms
* Service tax mop up pegged at Rs 820 billion in FY12
* Net revenue gain of Rs 40 bn from service tax changes
* GST decision have to be taken in consonance with states
* Areas of divergence have been narrowed on Goods and Services Tax (GST)
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* Working on model for GST roll out
* GTC, GST will improve governance
* Significant progress in establishing GST Network
Indirect Tax
* Central excise duty to be maintained at standard rate of 10%
* Reduction in number of exemptions in central excise rate structure
* Nominal central excise duty of 1% imposed on 130 items entering in the tax net
* Lower rate of central excise duty enhanced from 4% to 5%
* Optional levy on branded garments or made up to be converted into a mandatory levy at unified
rate of 10%
* Peak rate of customs duty held at its current level
* Excise duty exemptions enlarged to include agricultural storage and warehouse equipments
* Basic customs duty reduced for specified agricultural machinery from 5% to 2.5%
* Basic customs duty reduced on micro-irrigation equipment from 7.5% to 5%
* De-oiled rice bran cake to be fully exempted from basic customs duty
* Export duty of 10% to be levied on de-oiled rice bran cakes export
* Export duty for all types of iron ore enhanced and unified at 20% ad valorem
* Full exemption from export duty to iron ore pellets
* Rs 300 per 10 gram excise on gold bar from copper smelters
* Rs 150 per 10 gram CVD on gold dore bars of upto 80% purity
* Custom duty on specified gems, jewellery, machine cut to 5%
* Levies 1% excise duty on branded jewellery
* Extends 1% excise concession to water filters
* Cut customs duty on yarn to 5% from 7.5%
* 5% import duty on parts for DVD writers, combo drive
* Import duty of 5% on inkjet and laserjet printers
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* Customs duty on cement industry raw materials - petcoke and gypsum - to be reduced to 2.5%
* Cash dispensers fully exempt from basic customs duty
* Imported batteries for electrical vehicles fully exempt from basic customs duty, to attract
concessional rate of central excise duty
* Concessional excise duty of 10% to vehicles based on fuel cell technology
* Basic customs duty and special CVD exemption to critical parts/assemblies for Hybrid vehicles
* Reduction in excise duty on kits for conversion of vehicles into Hybrid vehicles
* Excise duty on LEDs reduced to 5% and special CVD being fully exempted
* Basic customs duty on solar lantern reduced from 10 to 5%
* Ship owners allowed duty free spare parts imports
* Crude palm oil used in soap fully exempted
* Pre-tanning chemicals, enzyme-based chemicals used in leather industry exempted
* Bio-waste road making machines exempted
* No excise duty on equipment for ultra mega power plants
* Concessions to newspaper establishments for high speed printing presses extended to mailroom
equipment
* Some imported film colour rolls exempted from excise duty
* No excise duty on select film rolls
* Out right concession to factory-built ambulances from excise duty
* Relief measures proposed for raw pistachio, bamboo for agarbatti, lactose for the manufacture of
homoeopathic medicines, sanitary napkins, baby and adult diapers
* Tax proposals to result in a net revenue gain of Rs 7,300 crore
* Net revenue loss on account of taxes and duties will be Rs 200 crore
* Net tax to Centre will be Rs 6,64,457 crore
* Non-tax receipts pegged at Rs 1,25,435 crore
* To retain factory tax rate at 10%
* Stainless steel scrap exempted from import tax
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* Proposal to introduce self-assessment of customs duty wherein importers and exporters will
themselves assess payment of duty
* Long-term commitment to cut customs duty to ASEAN level
Inflation
* FY12 average inflation seen at 5%
* Continued high food prices have been principal concern this year
* Consumers denied the benefit of seasonal fall in prices despite improved availability of food items
* Shortcomings in distribution and marketing systems
* Food inflation 9.3% in Jan 2011 as against 20.2% in Feb 2010
* See average inflation to lower in FY11
* Must address structural concerns on inflation management
* RBI measures to moderate inflation in coming months
* Wholesale and retail price difference not acceptable
* Onion, maize, poultry prices in FY10
Growth
* Indian economy back to pre-crisis growth trajectory
* Could have done better
* Growth swift and broad based
* Double digit growth in services
* GDP growth to be 8.6% in FY 11
* GDP growth to be around 9% in FY 12 (+/- 0.5%)
* Services sector had grown at 9.6%
* Exports grew at 24.1% in FY11
* Imports grew at 11.6% in FY11
* Dont see resources as big problem, at least in short term
* Implementation gap a key challenge
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* Much still needs to be done, especially in rural India
* Need to ensure sustained private investment
* Economy resilient to external shocks
* Manufacturing share in GDP from 16% to 25% in next ten years
Subsidies
* To move to direct transfer of cash subsidy on kerosene
* To move to direct transfer of oil subsidy in phased manner
* To move to direct transfer of fertilizer subsidy in phased manner
* Aim direct cash subsidy for fertilizer, kerosene by March 2012
* Direct transfer of cash subsidy for poor
* To give Rs 140 bn more subsidy to oil companies
* FY11 fertiliser subsidy seen Rs 550 bn
* FY11 food subsidy seen Rs 606 bn
* FY11 petroleum subsidy seen Rs 384 bn
* FY12 petroleum subsidy seen Rs 236 bn
* FY12 food subsidy seen Rs 605 bn
* FY12 fertiliser subsidy seen Rs 500 bn
Inf rastructure and Industry
* Industry has grown at 8.1%
* Allocation of Rs 2,14,000 crore for infrastructure in 2011-12
* A comprehensive policy for further developing PPP projects
* IIFCL to disburse Rs 20,000 cr by March 31, 2011 and Rs 25,000 cr by March 31, 2012
* Tax free bonds of Rs 30,000 cr to be issued by govt undertakings during 2011-12
* Share of manufacturing in GDP to grow from 16% to 25% over a period of 10 years
* New manufacturing policy on the anvil
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* Thrust on greater transparency and accountability in procurement policy
* Thrust on transparency in allocation, pricing and utilisation of natural resources
* GoM to look into environmental concerns, especially those related to infrastructure and mining
* National Mission for hybrid and electric vehicle to be launched
* Financial assistance for metro projects in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Chennai
* Capital investment in fertiliser production to be included as an infrastructure sub-sector
* Of 23 suggestions made by Task Force on Transaction Cost, 21 suggestions already implemented
* Transaction cost of Rs 2,100 cr will thus be mitigated
* Scheme for refund of taxes paid on services used for export of goods
* Seven new mega clusters for leather products to be set up
* Jodhpur to be included for the development of a handicraft mega cluster
* Indian automobile market is the second fastest growing in the world
Agriculture
* Agriculture has grown at 5.4%
* Rs 7860 crore for farmer development program
* FM proposes 15 mega food parks
* To raise farm loan target to Rs 4.75 lakh crore in next FY
* Existing interest subvention scheme on short-term farm loans at 7% interest to continue
* To provide additional 3% interest benefit (effective rate 4%) to farmers who pay up farm loans on
time
* Credit flows to farmers raised from Rs 3.75 lakh crore to Rs 4.75 lakh crores
* Allocation under Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana to be raised from Rs 6,755 crore in the current year to
Rs 7,860 crore
* Propose to provide Rs 300 crore to boost output of pulses
* To provide Rs 300 crore to increase palm oil output
* To provide Rs 300 crore to raise coarse cereal output
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* Food grain stock in central pool at 47,500 metric tonnes
* New storage capacity of 150,000 metric tonnes to be developed
* Cold storage 24 facilities have been sanctioned, 107 new facilities have been approved
* Cold storage to be identified as infrastructure subsector
* Propose to promote organic farming methods
* Have to sustain farm productivity in long term
* To give Rs 3 billion to up output of nutri-cereals
* Rs 3 bn for animal-based protein production
* Rs 3 bn to bring 60,000 hectare under palm oil plantation
* To launch national protein mission with Rs 3 bn corpus
* Rs 3 bn for production of higher millets
* To provide Rs 3 bn to raise vegetable production
* Rs 4 bn to eastern states for green revolution
* 16.5 mn tn pulses output expected this year
* To give Rs 3 bn to promote pulses, production, marketing
* Removing bottlenecks in fruits, vegetables, poultry supply
* Considering nutrient based urea subsidy policy
* To set up additional 4 mln tonne foodgrain storage facilities by March 2012
* Capital investment in fertiliser production to be considered as infrastructure sub-sector
Fiscal Health
* FY12 fiscal deficit seen at 4.6% of GDP
* FY12 fiscal deficit seen at Rs 4.12 tn
* FY11 fiscal deficit revised to 5.1% of GDP
* FY12 revenue deficit seen at 1.8% of GDP
* FY11 revenue deficit seen at 2.3% of GDP
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* Fiscal deficit target 4.1% of GDP in FY13
* Fiscal deficit target 3.5% of GDP in FY14
* Aim fiscal deficit of 3% of state GDP y FY14
* Current account deficit around FY09 is a concern
* Current account gap a concern due to composition of FX flow
* Counter-cyclical fiscal steps best bet vs external shock
* To borrow Rs 100 bn in March
* FY12 net market borrow target Rs 3.43 tn
* FY12 MSS borrowing Rs 200 bn
* FY12 cash draw down Rs 200 bn
* FY12 short term borrowing Rs 150 bn
* FY12 net market borrowing Rs 3.43 tn
* FY12 gross market borrowing Rs 4.17 tn
* FY11 gross market borrowing revised to Rs 4.47 tn
* In addition, Rs 150 bn to be financed via T-bills in FY12
* FY12 revenue from telecom licence fee seen Rs 296 bn
* Concession to cell phone equipment manufacturing extended to March 2012
* FY12 dividend from banks, RBI seen Rs 191 bn
* FY12 dividend from PSUs seen Rs 235 bn
* MSS ceiling for FY12 at Rs 500 bn
Fundamentals
* Stronger fiscal consolidation needed
* Development needs to be inclusive
* Resources not a major concern in medium term
* Quality of outcome needs to improve
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* 13th Finance Commission has worked out a fiscal consolidation roadmap
* Combined states debt target of 23.4% of GDP
* Public Debt Management of India Bil l in next financial year
* Budget 2011-12 as transition towards more transparent and result-oriented economic management
* Some disinvestment decisions rescheduled
* This FY current account deficit near previous years level
* Govt to retain at least 51% ownership of state-run companies
* Discussions on to further liberalise FDI policy
* Fiscal consolidation targets have shown positive effect on macro-economic management
* Amendment to Centres FRBM Act, 2003 to be introduced
* Looking into extant classification of public expenditure between plan, non-plan, revenue and capital
* National Food Security Bill to be introduced this year
Outlays
* Total spend Rs 12.5 tn
* Non-plan spend Rs 8.16 tn, up 10.9%
* Rs 1.47 tn grants in aid
* To provide Rs 10 bn for justice department
* To provide Rs 1.64 tn for defence
* To provide Rs 691.99 bn for defence capex
* To provide Rs 98.9 bn for backward region grant fund
* To provide Rs 1 bn for Jammu-Ladakh projects
* To give Rs 80 bn for J&K development needs
* To provide Rs 80 bn for Northeast, special states
* To provide Rs 2 bn for clean energy fund
* To provide Rs 520.57 bn for education sector
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* Allocation for STs hiked to Rs 2.44 bn
* Allocation for Bharat Nirman up at Rs 580 bn
* Allocation for social sector Rs 1.61 tn
* Additional grant for National Skill Development Fund Rs 5 bn
* Allocation for health Rs 267.60 bn, up 20%
* To give PSU banks Rs 201.57 bn for Tier-I capital
* To give Rs 60 bn to help PSU banks Tier-II capital
* To give Rs 3 bn to states to roll out e-stamping in 3 yrs
Rural & Social Sector
* To give Rs 30 bn to NABARD for handloom weavers
* NABARD capital base to be strengthened with Rs 10,000 cr
* Rural infrastructure development fund corpus to be raised to Rs 18,000 cr from the present Rs
16,000 cr
* Rs 3,000 crore for Rural Housing Fund
* Rs 10,000 croe for rural telephoney
* NREGA wages to indexed to inflation
* To create a self help development fund with a corpus of Rs 500 crore
* Anganwadi workers salary increased from Rs 1500 to Rs 3000 per month
* Anganwadi helpers wages doubled to Rs 1,500 per month
* 2.2 million anganwadi workers to benefit from pay hike
* Unorganised sector workers in hazardous industries to be covered under health scheme
* To set up Mortgage Risk Guarantee Fund for rural housing
* Over 2,000 population villages to have banks
* Broadand connectivity to all villages in three years
* Banks to cover 20,000 villages for opening accounts in FY11
* Cut BPL pension scheme qualify age to 60 years from 65 years
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* RIDF corpus increased to create warehousing capacity
* RIDF corpus Rs 180 bn in FY12 versus Rs 160 bn in FY11
* Pension for over 80 year olds hiked to Rs 500 per month
* To give one million unique identity cards per day from October
* Minorities loan target up at 15% of priority loan for banks
* Unorganised sector workers to benefit from health insurance plan
* Govt contribution in old age pension raised to 5 yrs from 3 yrs
* To enumerate caste in separate Census beginning June
Education
* Rs 52057 cr for education, increase of 24% over the current year
* Rs 21000 cr for sarva shika yojna up from Rs 15000 crore currently
* National knowledge network will link 1500 institutes of higher learning by March 2012
* National innovation Council under Sam Pitroda
* Rs 50 cr each to Aligarh Muslim University centres coming up in Murshidabad and Malappuram
* Rs 20 cr for Rajiv Gandhi National Youth Development Institute
* Rs 10 cr for Delhi School of Economics
* Rs 10 cr for Madras School of Economics
* SC/STs students to get scholarship for class 9th and 10th
* National Knowledge Network by 2013
* New international award for Rs 1 cr in memory of Tagore
Banking & Finance
* Financial sector reforms to move forward
* Insurance Amendment Bill, LIC Bill and Pension Development Authority Bill in current session of
Parliament
* Banking Laws amendment Bill, SBI subsidiaries bill and BIFR Bill also in current session
* India Microfinance Equity Fund of Rs 100 crore to be created with SIDBI
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* Appropriate regulatory framework to protect interest of small borrowers
* Rs 5,000 cr to SIDBI for refinancing incremental lending
Green Initiatives
* Rs 200 cr for Green India Mission from National Clean Energy Fund
* Rs 200 cr to be allocated for Environmental Remediation Programmes
* To provide Rs 200 cr for clean-up of important lakes and rivers other than Ganga
Budget explains government strategy on black money
Press trust of India, February 28, 2011 (New Delhi)
Expressing "serious concern" over the generation and circulation of black money, Finance Minister
Pranab Mukherjee today said the government has adopted a five-fold strategy to deal with the menace.
"The generation and circulation of black money is an area of serious concern. To deal with this problem
effectively, the government has put into operation a five-fold strategy which consists of joining the
global crusade against black money," Mukherjee said in his Budget speech.
The Finance Minister also said trafficking in narcotic drugs also contributes to the generation of black
money and the government proposes to announce a national policy in this regard.
"To strengthen controls over prevention of trafficking and improve the management of narcotic drugs
and psychotropic substances, I propose to announce a comprehensive national policy in the near
future," he added.
During the year, the government has concluded discussions on 11 Tax Information Exchange
Agreements (TIEAs) and 13 new Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements (DTAAs), along with revision of
provisions of 10 existing DTAAs.
"To effectively handle the increase in tax information exchange and transfer pricing issues, Foreign Tax
Division of CBDT has been strengthened. A dedicated cell for exchange of information is being set up to
work on this agenda," he added.
He also said the Finance Ministry has commissioned a study on unaccounted income and wealth held
within and outside the country to suggest methods to tax and repatriate the illicit money.
Mukherjee added that the amendment in the Money Laundering Legislation in 2009 has significantly
increased its scope and application.
"The number of cases registered under this law have increased from 50 between 2005 to 2008 to over
1200 by January this year. The strength of the enforcement directorate has been increased three-fold to
deal effectively with the increased workload," he added.
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The Finance Minister said that India secured the membership of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in
June last year.
"This is an important initiative of G-20 for anti-money laundering. We have also joined the Task Force on
Financial Integrity and Economic Development, Eurasian Group (EAG) and Global Forum on
Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes," he added.
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What is Financial Inclusion
What is Financial Inclusionchillibreeze writer Sreela Manoj
Financial inclusion is the availability of banking services at an affordable cost to disadvantaged and low-
income groups. In India the basic concept of financial inclusion is having a saving or current account with
any bank. In reality it includes loans, insurance services and much more.
The first-ever Index of Financial Inclusion to find out the extent of reach of banking services among 100
countries, India has been ranked 50. Only 34% of Indian individuals have access to or receive banking
services. In order to increase this number the Reserve Bank of India had the Government of India take
innovative steps. One of the reasons for opening new branches of Regional Rural Banks was to make
sure that the banking service is accessible to the poor. With the directive from RBI, our banks are now
offering No Frill Accounts to low income groups. These accounts either have a low minimum or nil
balance with some restriction in transactions. The individual bank has the authority to decide whether
the account should have zero or minimum balance. With the combined effort of financial institutions, six
million new No Frill accounts were opened in the period between March 2006-2007. Banks are now
considering FI as a business opportunity in an overall environment that facilitates growth.
The main reason for financial exclusion is the lack of a regular or substantial income. In most of the
cases people with low income do not qualify for a loan. The proximity of the financial service is another
fact. The loss is not only the transportation cost but also the loss of daily wages for a low income
individual. Most of the excluded consumers are not aware of the banks products, which are beneficial
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for them. Getting money for their financial requirements from a local money lender is easier than
getting a loan from the bank. Most of the banks need collateral for their loans. It is very difficult for a
low income individual to find collateral for a bank loan. Moreover, banks give more importance to
meeting their financial targets. So they focus on larger accounts. It is not profitable for banks to provide
small loans and make a profit.
Financial inclusion mainly focuses on the poor who do not have formal financial institutional support
and getting them out of the clutches of local money lenders. As a first step towards this, some of our
banks have now come forward with general purpose credit cards and artisan credit cards which offer
collateral-free small loans. The RBI has simplified the KYC (Know your customer) norms for opening a
No frill account. This will help the low income individual to open a No Frill account without identity
proof and address proof.
In such cases banks can take the individuals introduction from an existing customer whose full KYC
norm procedure has been completed. And the introducer must have a satisfactory transaction with the
bank for at least 6 months. This simplified procedure is available to those who intend to keep a balance
not exceeding Rs.50,000 in all accounts taken together. With this facility we can channel the untapped,
considerable amount of money from the low income group to the formal economy. Banks are now
permitted to utilize the service of NGOs, SHGs and other civil society organizations as intermediaries in
providing financial and banking services through the use of business facilitator and business
correspondent models.
Self Help Groups are playing a very important role in the process of financial inclusion. SHGs are usually
groups of women who get together and pool money from their savings and lend money among them.
Usually they are working with the support of an NGO. The SHG is given loans against the group
members guarantee. Peer pressure within the group helps in improving recoveries. Through SHGs
nearly 40 million households are linking with the banks. Micro finance is another tool which links low
income groups to the banks.
Yet, banks are fighting to fulfill the Financial Inclusion dream. The main reason is that the productsdesigned by the banks are not satisfying the low income families. The provision of uncomplicated, small,
affordable products will help to bring the low income families into the formal financial sector. Banks
have limitations to reach directly to the low income consumers. Correspondents can be considered to be
an excellent channel which banks can use to distribute their product information. Educating the
consumers about the financial benefits and products of banks which are beneficial to low income groups
will be a great step to tap their potential.
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Banks are now using new technologies like mobile phones to reach low income consumers. It is possible
that the telephone providers themselves will start basic banking services like savings and payments.
Indian telecom consumers have few links to financial institutions. So without much difficulty telecom
providers can win the battle with banks. Banks should therefore be proactive about transferring thistechnology into an opportunity.
The Indian Government has a long history of working to expand financial inclusion. Nationalization of
the major private sector banks in 1969 was a big step. In 1975 GOI established RRBs with the same aim.
It encouraged branch expansion of bank branches especially in rural areas. The RBI guidelines to banks
shows that 40% of their net bank credit should be lent to the priority sector. This mainly consists of
agriculture, small scale industries, retail trade etc. More than 80% of our population depends directly or
indirectly on agriculture. So 18% of net bank credit should go to agriculture lending. Recent
simplification of KYC norms are another milestone.
Financial inclusion is a great step to alleviate poverty in India. But to achieve this, the government
should provide a less perspective environment in which banks are free to pursue the innovations
necessary to reach low income consumers and still make a profit. Financial service providers should
learn more about the consumers and new business models to reach them.
In India Financial inclusion will be good business ground in which the majority of her people will decidethe winners and losers.
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