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Union Budget 2014-15 July 11, 2

Analyst

Disha R Hazari

+91-22- 6614 [email protected] Institutional Research

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Union Budget 2014-15Observation & Analysis

irect Tax

here has been no hike in the direct tax rates. Section 80C of the Income Tax Act initially allowed deduction of `1 lac for vari

nvestments. The upper limits has now been increased to `1.5 lacs. Increase in the limit would not only lead to increase in investments

will also bring down tax liability. The government has also raised the tax exemption limit which was initially at `2 lacs per annum to `

acs per annum & to `3 lacs per annum for senior citizens. Increase in the exemption limit will increase the disposable income & theref

he spending power.

DI in Insurance Sector

he government has raised FDI in insurance from 26% to 49% in the Union Budget 2014. FM said that the government wants to promote F

electively. The increase in the FDI limit to 49% would help insurance firms to get much needed capital from overseas partners. T

roposal to raise FDI cap has been pending since 2008 when the previous UPA government came up with Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bil

ike foreign holding in insurance joint ventures to 49% from the existing 26%. This announcement is a huge positive for the stocks in

ector such as Max India, Aditya Birla Nuvo.

nfrastructure Sector

sserting that lack of infrastructure will not be allowed to hit growth, government announced a slew of steps to fast-track projects mos

n public-private-partnerships, which finds renewed focus in FMs maiden Budget. An institution to provide support to mainstreaming P

public-private-partnerships) called 3P India will be set up with a corpus of `500 crores. India has emerged as the largest PPP market in

world with over 900 projects in various stages of development. PPPs have delivered some of the iconic infrastructure like airports, ports

ighways which are seen as models for development globally. The government plans to revive old, closed oil & gas wells. NHAI is to tar

000km of road development in FY15. It allots`

30 bn for North East Highways &`

5 bn for new solar power projects. 16 new port projere to be awarded in FY15. Hence considering the various reforms on infrastructure we maintain our positive stance on this sector.

griculture Sector

griculture being one of the important sector plays a vital role in the Indian economy. The sector has performed remarkably well. F

rain production estimated for the current year is 263 mn tonnes compared to 255.36 million tonnes in 2012-13. Agriculture export likely

ross USD 45 bn higher from USD 41 bn in 2012-13. The government plans to allot `1 bn for Kisan Tv on farming issues. It also plans

nance 5 lac landless farmers through NABARD. Agricultural GDP growth for the year is estimated at 4.6% vs 4% in the last 4 years. A

ommenting on the weak monsoon the FM provided some sought of relief by commenting that there is enough of central pool grain to d

with the weak monsoon which reduces the tension to some extent. Hence considering such various schemes for agriculture & also so

elief provided by the FM with respect to weak monsoon we are positive on the agricultural sector from a long term point of view though

he short term might not perform that well due to weak monsoons.

anking Sector

roposing to provide greater autonomy to public sector banks, it would need `2.4 trillion as equity to meet Basel III norms 2018.

overnment would cut its stake in state run banks by selling shares to retail investors though it would continue to have a major share

nvestment in these banks. FM has also promised to encourage banks to lend to long-term infrastructure projects by allowing th

flexible structuring to avoid potential losses. More importantly, he plans to allow banks to raise long term fund to lend to infrastruct

with only minimum requirements on statutory ratios like cash reserve ratio, statutory liquidity ratio and lending to priority sector. Also

ackle the rising NPAs in public sector banks, the government will set up six new debt recovery tribunals in Chandigarh, Bengalu

rnakulum, Dehradun, Siliguri and Hyderabad.


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rrigation Sector

he Narendra Modi government has maintained that irrigation and watershed management are critical for agricultural developme

inance Minister has earmarked `1,000 crore for improving irrigation facilities under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sichai Yojana. The schem

would facilitate assured irrigation, and shield the farmers from the vagaries of monsoon. The government recognizes water is the m

ritical input for agriculture. Currently, according to the Economic Survey presented by Mr Jaitley yesterday, 63 million hectares, or 45

et cropped area, is irrigated.Under the Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP), `64,228 crore of central loan assista

CLA)/grant had been released up to December 31, 2013. An irrigation potential of 8054.61 thousand hectares is estimated to have b

reated by states from major/medium/minor irrigation projects under the AIBP till March 2012. Hence a boost up fot the irrigation sec

as been provided & we remain to be very positive on this sector.

Conclusion

ectors that would be helped most by the budget are Insurance, Infrastructure, Irrigation & Agriculture. The budget was positive & show

he Governments intent to achieve the Fiscal Deficit Target of 4.1% in FY15 & control expenditures. Fiscal Deficit Prediction is 3.6%

Y16 & 3% for FY17.Overall the budget is quite positive for the overall economy as the FM has managed to come out with new reforms in

ectors which lacked lusture in the past, hence we maintain our bullish view on the Indian Equity Markets too.


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