Highlights of Union Budget 2019-20

Highlights of Union Budget 2019-20

New Delhi: Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Union Budget 2019 in the Lok Sabha, on July 5, 2019. (Photo: IANS/LSTV)

New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her

maiden Budget Speech on Friday announced sops for various sectors.

The key highlights are as follows:

Measures related to MSMEs:

* Pradhan Mantri Karam Yogi Maandhan Scheme

* Pension benefits to about three crore retail traders & small shopkeepers with annual turnover less than Rs. 1.5 crore.

* Enrolment to be kept simple, requiring only Aadhaar, bank account and a self declaration.

* Rs 350 crore allocated for FY 2019-20 for 2 per cent interest subvention (on fresh or incremental loans) to all GST-registered MSMEs, under the Interest Subvention Scheme for MSMEs.

* Payment platform for MSMEs to be created to enable filing of bills and payment thereof, to eliminate delays in government payments.

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