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Personal Income Tax Slabs Changed

February 29th, 2008

The Finance Minister has provided tax relief to all tax payers by changing the Personal Income Tax slabs.

The revised Tax slabs are as follows:

Income upto 1.5 lakhs - 0%
Income between 1.5 lakhs to 3 lakhs - 10%
Income between 3 lakhs to 5 lakhs - 20%
Income above 5 lakhs - 30%

For women, Income upto 1.8 lakhs is exempt

For senior citizens, Income upto 2.25 lakh is exempt

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India - Budget 2008 Highlights

February 29th, 2008
  • FM confident of maintaining 8.8% GDP growth average
  • Agriculture estimates to grow at 2.6% for FY08
  • India to increase Gross Budgetary support in FY09 to 2.4 lakh crores.
  • India to spend Rs120bn on National Rural Health Plan
  • Education and Health Sector to be twin pillars of growth 
  • Allocation for education to be raised to Rs34,400cr from Rs28,674cr 
  • 16,534cr allocated for Health Sector an increase of about 15%
  • 6000 High Quality Schools to be built
  • Govt to set up 3 IITs, 3 IISCs
  • Complete waiver of loans to small and marginal farmers

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