Budget 2019 Live: Tax Sops And Modi Govt to Give Small Farmers Rs 6,000 a Year

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New Delhi: Finance minister Piyush Goyal announced a sweeping range of relief-oriented schemes for India’s farmers and middle-class in the 2019 budget speech.

The major policy announcements include a Rs 6,000-per-year income scheme for small farmers, people who earn up to Rs 6.5 lakh per year will not have to pay income tax and the creation of a new mega pension scheme.