The Union Budget 2023 is here and Finance Minister of India, Mrs. Nirmala Sitharaman has made some big announcement. This is an important Budget as it is the last full budget before the Lok Sabha elections scheduled for 2024. We, at Surety 007, mention the key takeaways from this Union budget for the Insurance and Surety Bond sector.
The key takeaways for Union Budget session 2023 for Insurance and Surety Bonds:
PS: No personal income tax up to INR 7 Lacs with INR 50,000 additional standard deduction.
Overall, seems like a well balanced budget with some good announcements and relief for the Middle class of India. This may be termed as a People’s Budget.
Words of our CEO, Pranjal Aneja on the Union Budget 2023 delivered by Mrs. Nirmala Sitharaman, Hon. Minister of Finance.
“There is a strong push for infrastructure development with second and third highest budget allocation to Ministry of Road Transport & Highways and Ministry of Railways. Infrastructure push will lead to strong growth in the corporate insurance sector and more specifically on Surety Bonds and Engineering Risk Insurance. This is clearly a PEOPLE’s budget. Overall, very positive indicators and measures announced in the budget. Financial regulators will have to standardize regulations and organizations like IRDAI will possibly need to pull up their socks.”