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Highlights of Budget 2013-14:
* No revision of personal income tax slabs; relief in first bracket through tax credit of Rs.2,000 for earnings up to Rs.500,000 (approx $9,000)
* Ten per cent surcharge on income exceeding Rs.1 crore (Rs.10 million/$180,000) a year; only 42,800 people have declared such income
* Collective responsibility to ensure dignity and safety of women; recent incidents have cast a dark shadow; stand in solidarity with our girl children and women; will keep them safe and secure
* Rs.1,000 crore allocated for establishing Nirbhaya Fund
* Rs.97,000 crore (Rs.970 billion/$18 billion) for women's development
* Defence allocated Rs.203,672 crore (Rs.2.03 trillion/$37 billion),...