Comments
A few days to go for the Budget. BusinessLine sounded different categories of people to know what they expect from this Budget.
Increasing the spending for skill development programmes will benefit the students in enhancing their skills and helping them get employment easily. The existing schemes are still in the infant stage and need more support from the Budget.
Vishnuvarthan Rajagopal
Research Scholar
Subsidies for developing and improving the infrastructure of warehouses can be provided. Also, the TDS rates for warehouse service charges should be brought down from the current 10 per cent to 2 per cent
Prabhu Maharaj
Entrepreneur
More funds have to be allocated to increase the quality of education to ensure that the basic amenities like classrooms, toilets etc are made available for the students. Allocation for skill development programmes should also increase.
A Somasundaram
Associate Professor
Apart from increasing the tax exemption limit, separate rate slabs for women can be considered. Also, the benefits on tax deduction on medical treatment should also be increased, especially for women
Malathy
Working Professional
Income tax exemption slab for senior citizens can be raised to ₹4 lakh from ₹3 lakh. The medical expense deduction limits can also be raised for senior citizens
A Nithiyanandam
Senior Citizen
Comments
COMMENT NOW
Comments
Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.
We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of TheHindu Businessline and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.