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1. UNION BUDGET
2021-22
SWOC ANALYSIS
Submitted by: Hitkarsh Sethi

2. HIGHLIGHTS
▰ The Union Budget for the financial year 2021-22 was introduced by the Hon’ble
Finance Minister of India, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1st, 2021. The new
budget set the guidelines for the upcoming financial year and highlighted seven
flagbearers for the nation’s economy.
▰ The Finance Minister began by stating the issues and the difficulties faced by our
nation’s economy as the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic and the objectives
of the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana to combat such hurdles. FM also
highlighted the availability of two vaccines against COVID-19 and announced the
release of two more in the near future.
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3. THE FLAGBEARERS OF INDIAN ECONOMY 2021-22
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Under the Union Budget presented in the parliament, the finance minister stated seven components
as the backbone for reviving the dwindling economy of our nation. These include:
•Health and Wellbeing
•Physical and Financial Capital
•Infrastructure
•Inclusive development for Aspirational India
•Reinvigorating Human Capital
•Innovation and R&D
•Minimum Government Maximum Governance
The major goal of the budget is to focus on the development of these components as a strategy for
economic spikes and recovering the lost finances of the past.

4. UNION BUDGET 2021-22 AT A GLANCE:
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THE MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTS MADE BY THE FINANCE MINISTER UNDER THIS UNION BUDGET ARE MENTIONED
BELOW:
HEALTH AND WELLBEING: The FM announced an increase in the spending with an expense of Rs.64 thousand crores that
shall be spread over 6 years as part of a new scheme partnered with the National Health Mission. This has been done to
provide aid to the urban and rural healthcare facilities.
JAL JEEVAN MISSION: The Finance Minister also declared a new scheme as Jal Jeevan Mission that possessed Rs.2.87
lakh crores as an outlay. The new mission is targeted to sustain and improve the water supply in urban areas and local
bodies as well as ensure proper supply to all the tap connections.
URBAN SWACHH BHARAT 2.0: The Finance Minister also announced Rs.1.41 lakh crores to be given for Urban Swachh
Bharat 2.0 to be used over 5 years.
PHYSICAL CAPITAL: The Finance Minister reinstated Rs.1.47 lakh crores for 5 years to fulfill the improvement of
wastewater treatment and management of water pollution due to plastic wastes.

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SCRAPPING POLICY: One of the innovative policies introduced under the Union Budget 2021 was the scrapping policy that
has the objective of reducing vehicular pollution.
Finance Minister also stated that around Rs.35000 crore shall be allotted for the production and distribution of COVID-19
vaccines.
INFRASTRUCTURE: Under the current budget an amount of Rs.1.97 lakh crores has been announced oriented towards
manufacture on a global scale and also to grow employment opportunities for the youth. The budget also integrated the
development of 7 high-end textile parks across the country over the next 3 years.
FINANCIAL CAPITAL: For boosting the financial capital of the country the Finance Minister announced the establishment of
a Financial Institution and has declared Rs.5 crores as development amount. The Minister also announced an amount of Rs.2
lakh crore as state capital expenditure.
The total capital expenditure for the financial year 2021-22 has been stated to be Rs.5.54 lakh crore and the Year-on-Year
growth rate has been estimated at around 34.5% by the finance minister.
UNION BUDGET ALSO ANNOUNCED THE ALLOWANCE FOR NATIONAL HIGHWAYS FOR THE FOLLOWING STATES:
a) Kerala: RS.65,000 crores, b) Tamil Nadu: Rs.1.03 lakh crores, and c) West Bengal: Rs.25,000 crores
INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF ASPIRATIONAL INDIA: Under this pillar of the Union Budget, the Finance Minister
announced a reform in the agricultural sector allowing a 1.5 times greater MSP than the last budget. The agricultural credit
has also been increased now to Rs.16.5 crore.

6. UNION BUDGET 2021-22: TAX PROPOSALS
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THE UNION BUDGET WAS NOT ALL-TOO-HAPPY FOR THE SALARIED INDIVIDUALS OR THE
WORKING PROFESSIONALS AS THE GOVERNMENT DIDN’T PRESENT ANY EVIDENT TAX BENEFITS
OR CHANGES IN THE CORPORATE TAX.
DIRECT TAX PROPOSALS:
 The Finance Minister announced in what comes as a significant move that the limit of the tax audit has been increased to
Rs.10 crore under Section 44AB.
 The budget declared that Senior Citizens whose only source of income is a pension or interest income shall be exempted
from taxation. Under the revised Sec 194P, the banks will deduct tax for senior citizens aged 75 years or above.
 There has also been a reduction in time for tax evasions for IT proceedings where the limit has been set at three years.
 Under the budget, a new Dispute Resolution Committee has also been established that shall be in-charge to resolve any tax
evasion disputes under Sec 245MA and those with a total income above Rs.50 Lakh can approach this committee for
disputed income.
 Finance Minister also announced a faceless appeal in front of ITAT or the tribunal center where a transparent and
jurisdiction-free dispute appeal can be made by the taxpayers.
 Also extended the deduction under Section 80EEA until 31st March 2022.

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 The budget held good news for startups because their tax holiday has now been extended by one year (March 2022).
 The budget also entails a provision of pre-filling for returns, TDS, salary.
 An additional tax shall now be applied on the dividend income for the financial year
 The Finance Minister stated that the PF contribution of the employee shall not be allowed for taxation deduction in case it
has not been deposited by his/her employer.
 For Section 43CA, the amendment remains and the stamp duty value will be at the rate of 120%
 The Sec 44ADA is now applied only to the residents, partnership firm or HUF
 The Finance Minister has also extended the deduction under Section 80EEA until 31st March 2022.

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INDIRECT TAX PROPOSALS:
 Finance Minister has revised the custom duties for various commodities such as Copper scrap- 2.5%, Excise duty on
petrol and diesel, Solar inverters- 20%, Solar lanterns- 15%
These custom duties shall be applicable from February 2nd, 2021.
 The budget has also announced an NCCD on tariff items amounting to around 25%. This shall be applicable from
January 1st, 2022.
 AIDC has been imposed on diesel and petrol amounting to Rs.4/liter and Rs.2.5/liter respectively.
 The Finance Minister also informed that the customs duty on cotton, alcohol, silks, etc shall be increased.
 Under the new budget, there will be no exemption of leather as it is indigenously produced.
 Turant Customs: The new budget also introduced the Turant Customs service that will be aimed at providing a faster,
paperless, and faceless custom procedure
 Several provisions were also introduced for the CGST Act for Sec 16 to enabling the taxpayers’ input tax credit claim,
Sec 50 for providing interest on cash liability, and Sec 35 and 44 were amended for enabling the filing of income tax
returns on a self-certification basis.

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RUPEE COMES FROM
RUPEE GOES TO

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Strength
 Health Focus
 Capital Infrastructure
 Covid Economics
Governance
Weakness
 Supply Side Policies
 Over Burden
 Directionless
Opportunities
 Demand Side Economy
 Demographic Dividend
 Service Sector /Export
Potential
Challenges
 Fiscal Deficit
 High Inflationary Pressure
 Inequalities
SWOC OF UNION BUDGET 2021-22

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