Income Tax Budget 2024 Highlights: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented Budget 2024 on July 23. The FM announced a marginal income tax relief for the middle class. Sitharaman raised the standard deduction -- a flat deduction from the total salary earned by an employee in a year before calculating the applicable income tax rate -- by 50 per cent to ₹75,000 and tweaked tax slabs for taxpayers opting for the new income tax regime.
Commenting on the budget, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said it "will act as a catalyst in making India the third-largest economy in the world (from fifth largest today) and will lay a solid foundation for a developed India".
How to access Budget 2024 documents:
You can view the Budget 2024 through the Union Budget Mobile App, available on Android and iOS platforms. The Budget speech documents is accessible on the web portal at www.indiabudget.gov.in.
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