New Delhi, July 5: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in Union Budget 2019 that Aadhaar and PAN card will now become interchangeable in filing IT Returns. This means if you do not have a PAN Card, you can still file your I-T returns by quoting your Aadhaar number. Union Budget 2019 Speech by Nirmala Sitharaman Live News Updates.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said new Series of Coin - Re 1, Rs 2, 5, 10 and 20 will be made available for public use. These coins will be designed in a manner that they can be used by the visually impaired.
Some of the other sops rolled out by FM till now are- Pradhan Mantri Karmi Yogi Maan Dhan scheme. Under the programme, the Centre will roll-out a pension scheme for retailers and traders with an annual turnover of less than Rs 1.5 crore. The total number of beneficiaries is estimated to be around 3 crore. Also in order to improve the quality of education in India, FM introduced a new policy, 'Study in India', to draw more foreign students to the nation for educational purpose.
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