Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Highlights of Interim Budget 2014-15

On Monday 17th Feb 2014,  Finance Minister P Chidambaram presented the Interim Budget for the year 2014 in Parliament focusing mainly on indirect tax, expenditure details & achievement of UPA Government in these 10 years tenure;

Here is  the list of major highlights pertaining to Indian Interim Budget 2014-2015:

1) The fiscal deficit for 2013-14 has been contained at 4.6 percent (below the red line of 4.8 percent) and the revenue deficit stood at 3.3 percent.
2) Eight (8) National Investment and Manufacturing Zones (NIMZ) have been announced along Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC). Nine (9) Projects had been approved by the DMIC trust.
3) Three (3) more Industrial Corridors connecting Chennai and Bengaluru, Amritsar and Kolkata
& Bengaluru and Mumbai are under different stages of preparatory works.