Budget 2019: From industry status for realty to GST waiver on insurance premiums; corporate India's wish list - Firstpost
31 Jan 2019 6:01 AM GMT
There are expectations that GST rates will be cut GST to a single, standard rate, and the multiple rates or taxes will be done away with
- Prasun Sikdar, Managing Director and CEO, Cigna TTK Health Insurance Company Health insurance sector in India needs immediate attention, as healthcare continues to remain one of the most demanding subject in the country.
- To make healthcare in India more accessible new digital payment methods can be extended to consumers, this will certainly make health insurance payment process more convenient.
- Ankit Agarwal, Managing Director, Alankit Ltd, e-governance solutions Doubling the income tax exemption limit to 5 lakh will boost investment levels by common people.
- A Healthcare Infrastructure Technology Upgradation Fund that would provide subsidies for capital investment in upgradation of healthcare infrastructure is the need of the hour.
- With the initiatives like ‘Make in India’ and ‘Digital India’ empowering the IT sector, I believe that the government must take some concrete steps towards lowering the GST slab in the device manufacturing.
- V Raman Kumar, Founder and Chairman, CASHe, a digital lending company Startups and fintech companies are eagerly looking forward to the Budget for a fresh impetus to their growth momentum.
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