The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved a new set of direct tax rules that proposes to raise income tax exemption limit from 1.6 lakh to 2 lakh, leaving more money in the hands of individuals, and a lower tax rate for companies. The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved a new set of direct tax rules that proposes to raise income tax exemption limit from 1.6 lakh to 2 lakh, leaving more money in the hands of individuals, and a lower tax rate for companies. The much-awaited Direct Taxes Code, or DTC Bill, which seeks to replace the nearly 50-year-old income tax law, is likely to be introduced in Parliament on Monday and may then be referred to a select committee of members of both houses of Parliament. Senior citizens and women will enjoy a higher exemption of up to 2.5 lakh. There will be no surcharge or cess on companies, thereby bringing the corporate tax rate to 30% from present 34%. The new code proposes three income tax slabs—income of up to 2-5 lakh will face 10%, 5-10 lakh will attract 20% and income over 10 lakh will face tax at the rate of 30%. The housing loan exemption of 1.5 lakh would also be available to individual taxpayers on the interest component. However, the government proposes to raise the minimum alternate tax (MAT) on book profits to 20% from current 18%.  There will not be any change in the Capital Gain tax structure. It’s really a glad news for Capital market investors and traders as the proposed tax structure would have been a big set back. The much-awaited Direct Taxes Code, or DTC, Bill, which seeks to replace the nearly 50-year-old income tax law, is likely to be introduced in Parliament on Monday and may then be referred to a select committee of members of both houses of Parliament. Senior citizens and women will enjoy a higher exemption of up to 2.5 lakh. There will be no surcharge or cess on companies, thereby bringing the corporate tax rate to 30% from present 34%.

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According to RBI news the inflation will last for few months. The RBI said that the demands of product are the one of the major reason for the inflation causes. The product demand ratio is still perusing higher. so should wait or try to down the demand ratio.

The RBI governor says it is quit fearful that the country will grow up one side and the inflation too. But the good side of the inflation is that the capital investment to the industrial area is higher than the early years.

Due to the inflation, the vogues of the employee are control less and that should tote up the small level employer.  The other side of the inflation is to rearrange the daily home budget and it should affect directly to the house maker. Due to the higher inflation rate the crude oil price always varies that should trapped the oil companies and they give that burden to the civilian.

Now onwards the oil price should change once in two week.

And we can expect that the government should add some financial packages to the inflation otherwise it should affect our growth.

According to the RBI repo rates  the Corporation bank hikes  the loan interest rate at 0.5%  . And also the rate hikes all over the major Indian banks because the interface of  RBI. The major banks are increases the investment interest also.

Due to the RBI repo rate the home loan, car lone, industrial loan are also hikes.

From the bank officials the chairman& MD  Mr: J M Garg retired.



RBI hikes short-term rates but CRR unchanged

The central bank raised interest rates more forcefully than expected on Tuesday in the face of inflation that has held stubbornly above 10 percent for the past five months. The Reserve Bank of India said it would continue to normalise policy in line with the growth and inflation rate in the economy.

In the recent past, it had said repeatedly that it would follow a “calibrated” exit from loose monetary policy, which markets had taken to mean 25 basis point rate hikes at each quarterly review. “The dominant concern that has shaped the monetary policy stance in this review is high inflation,” the central bank said.

“With growth taking firm hold, the balance of policy stance has to shift decisively to containing inflation and anchoring inflationary expectations,” it said. The central bank, which reviews monetary policy on a quarterly basis but has twice this year surprised investors with off-cycle rates, also said it would begin undertaking mid-quarter reviews.

The RBI lifted the repo rate, at which it lends to banks, by 25 basis points to 5.75 percent, which was in line with expectations, but raised the reverse repo rate, at which it absorbs excess cash from the system, by a steeper than expected 50 basis points to 4.50 percent.

India’s benchmark 10-year federal bond yields eased briefly immediately after the policy announcement by one basis point while shares gained a tad after the central bank raised its key policy rates. As expected, the central bank left the cash reserve ratio (CRR) unchanged at 6 percent.

Inflation in India emerged last year in the wake of a poor monsoon that drove up food prices but has spread broadly throughout the economy, spawning protests against a government whose voter base is predominantly poor and rural. New Delhi’s decision to increase fuel prices is expected to add nearly a percentage point to wholesale price index (WPI) inflation starting in July and led the opposition to call a one-day nationwide strike early this month.

The government is counting on normal summer monsoon rains to results in better crop yields and ease pressure on food prices, and has said inflation should decline to 6 percent by December, a figure private economists put closer to 8 percent.

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