Union Budget 2019 – In today's Lok Sabha, India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has presented a General budget. During this, he said about what he said about digital India, what progress has been so far and what is the next plan.
Let us you about what has been said in this budget about technology and digital India?
— At the beginning of the Budget speech, he spoke of giving special emphasis on Digital India.
— There is also talk of promoting electric vehicles.
— The business incubator will be established.
— More than two crore people have been made digital literate under the Digital Literacy Campaign.
— India is providing Internet connectivity with netting.
— The better use of technology will be given to provide unnecessary services to all.
— Information about toilets on Google Maps has been uploaded.
— With the youth of India getting more salaried jobs in other countries, we will insist on enhancing skills related to Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, iOT and Robotics in Youth. – Nirmala Sitharaman
— Programs on Doordarshan will be started for startup Here the information and startup related to startup can be done.
— Digital payments are now being acquired in most places in which the government is also a partner.
— Every panchayat has been talked of connecting the internet. (This has been said in the budget earlier too).
— The help of ISRO and the advancement of projects will be the formation of New Space India Limited.
— Aadhaar card will be made after arrival of NRI to India, now they will not have to wait 180 days for Aadhaar card.
— It is being tried to go to India ahead of the world in electric vehicles. The GST rate on electric vehicles will be reduced from 12 percent to 5 percent.
— E-Vehicle is being tried to make cheaper customers. Savings will be saved to the users who take loan for electric vehicle 2.5 lakhs. Loans will be cheap to buy vehicles with electric vehicles. That is, the loan will be cheap on the electric car.
— Promote digital payments, talk about digitalizing business payments Business cash payments will be disposed off.
For this, a bank account will have 2 percent TDS for more than 10 million withdrawals in one year. An attempt to minimize business payments in cash
— Customs duty on CCTV cameras, IP cameras is being increased.
— Customs duty is being relaxed on the part of the electric vehicle tomorrow.
— Many new efforts are being made to increase startup in India.
— Online loan will be given.
If we talk about technology, this time the main focus is on the Electric Vehicle and it was also expected. Loans for electric vehicles will be cheap, i.e., electric cars or bikes you can find cheap. However, no matter what the infrastructure will be built for it. Since there is a need for charging stations in cities for electric cars and bikes, so far there is nothing clear about whether the government will work on it or companies will be encouraged to do so.
