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- Income tax exemption limit raised to Rs 2 lakh from Rs 1.8 lakh
- Rs 2-5 lakh income taxed at 10%
- Rs 5-10 lakh income at 20%
- Income above Rs 10 lakh taxed at 30%
- STT reduced by 20% on delivery-based transactions
- Standard excise duty hiked from 10% to 12%
- Service tax hiked from 10% to 12%
- Fiscal deficit target set at 5.1% of GDP in Budget 2012-13
- Duty on large cars raised to 27%
- ECBs proposed for aviation sector with a cap of $1bn
- Direct, indirect tax reforms to miss deadline
- Rural housing scheme to be upgraded
- Branded silver jewellery fully exempt from excise duty
- Customs duty on gold, platinum raised to 4% from 2%
- Duty on handrolled beedis increased
- Diamonds emerald and ruby prices will increase
- Ad valorem duty on some cigarettes
- Import of aircraft parts exempt from basic customs duty
- Basic customs duty on cigarettes reduced
- Customs duty cut on rail equipment to 7.5% from 10%
- To allow external commercial borrowing to part finance rupee debt in power projects
- Proposes to remove sector-specific restriction on venture capital fund investments
- Mobile phone parts exempted from basic customs duty
- Automated shuttle looms exempted from customs duty
- School education exempt from service tax
- 12% excise duty imposed on branded retail garments
- LCD and LED panels exempted from custom duty
- Government hikes defence spending to Rs 1,93,407 crore
- Customs duty reduced from 7.5% to 2.5% for iron ore equipment
- Thermal power companies exempted from customs duty for 2 years
- 5% customs duty exempted on equipment for fertiliser plants
- Govt sees expenditure rising 29% in 2012-13
- LNG exempted from customs duty
- Full exemption on customs duty on coal
- Some infra construction services exempt from service tax
- FY13 net market borrowing at Rs 4.8 lakh crore
- Rs 18,660 crore will result from service tax rise
BUDGET expert panel
T N Ninan, Chairman,
Business Standard
A K Bhattacharya, Editor,
Business Standard
Nirmal Jain,
Chairman, IIFL
Raamdeo Agrawal,
Joint Managing Director,
Motilal Oswal Financial Services
Dinesh Thakkar,
CMD, Angel Broking
S Madhavan,
Executive Director,
Tax and Regulatory Services, PwC India
Sandip Mukherjee,
Executive Director,
Tax and Regulatory Services, PwC India
Gaurav Mashruwala,
Certified Financial Planner
   BUDGET IMPACT
  Personal income tax slabs changed
  Securities transaction tax cut
  Excise duty hike to 12%
  Corporate tax unchanged
  Duty on large cars hiked
  Service tax raised from 10% to 12%
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