Project import status at a concessional customs duty of 5 per cent with full exemption from service tax to the initial setting up and expansion of Cold storage, cold room including farm pre-coolers for preservation or storage of agriculture and related sectors produce; and Processing units for such produce;
Shri Pranab Mukherjee, the Finance Minister while presenting the Union Budget in Lok Sabha today announced grant of project import status to ‘Monorail projects for urban transport’ at a concessional basic duty of 5 per cent. This would strengthen the public transport system and reduce the dependence on fossil fuels.
A uniform concessional basic duty of 5 per cent, CVD of 4 per cent with full exemption from special additional duty on all medial equipment are proposed doing away with a very complex import duty regime. The Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee while presenting the Union Budget in Lok Sabha today said that multiple rates coupled with descriptions not aligned with tariff lines result in disputes and at times prevent state-of-art equipment from getting the benefit of exemption.
The Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee announced in his Budget speech in Lok Sabha on friday that it is proposed to formalize a symbol for the Indian Rupee in the ensuing years. The proposed symbol will appropriately reflect and capture the Indian ethos and culture.
Certain New Services to be brought within Service Tax Purview.Legislative Changes to Plug Revenue Leakages to Remove Distortions and to Clarify Certain Doubts.Process Of Refund of Accumulated Credit to Exporters of Services to Be Made Easy. Accredited News Agencies Providing Online Feed to be Exempted From Service Tax. Net Revenue Gain of Rs. 3,000 Crore Estimated From Service Tax Proposals.
AD-VALOREM ON NON PETRO PRODUCTS & CARS INCREASED BY 2 PERCENT. CENTRAL EXCISE ON PETROL & DIESEL RAISED BY RE. ONE PER LITRE.In the Union Budget 2010-11 presented by the Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee in the Lok Sabha today, the rate reduction in Central Excise duties has been partially rolled back and the standard rate on all non-petroleum products enhanced from 8 per cent to 10 per cent ad valorem.
The Union Budget 2010-11 presented by the Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee in the Lok Sabha today, provides relief measures to promote clean environment. Clean energy cess on coal produced in India as well as on the imported, will be levied at a rate of Rs. 50 per tonne. The measure is aimed at building the corpus of the National Clean Energy Fund.
The Union Home Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram has welcomed the General Budget for 2010-11 presented in Parliament on friday. In a statement issued here today, he described the budget as a very balanced effort . Following is the text of the statement.
The people of this country are facing the problem of enormous delay in justice delivery before the lower courts and they have heard the problems like lack of infrastructure, increase in litigation etc. The problem of delay in justice delivery before the lower courts and even the appellate courts was prevalent from the beginning and continues even today to a great extent. However, with the reforms like introduction of Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism (ADR), we have been feeling the speed in justice delivery in the recent past to some extent. People of this country bother at the long delay in justice delivery; still, they were silent and were having great respect on our Judiciary.
On the question of fiscal consolidation, the much-awaited roll-back of the stimulus measures was announced in the Budget. There were expectations that this roll-back would be either calibrated or selective. But we saw an across-the-board increase in central excise duty from 8 to 10 per cent and there are obvious fears in certain quarters that prices will go up. Do you see this stoking inflation?
