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The arrival of maize in Guna Agricultural Produce Market has broken all previous records. Maize has made the farmers, traders as well as the mandi administration rich this time. This situation was seen when the government reduced the Mandi Tax by 0.50 percent in the month of October. In the 70 days between October 1 and November 10, the mandi has received about Rs 4 crore as mandi tax.

The market became rich because of maize 

Earlier, the tax rate was 1.50 per cent. It has come down to just one per cent. Despite this, 2.44 crore mandi tax was collected in the month of October. 38% more tax has been collected as compared to the previous year 2022. In the first 10 days of November, Rs 1.40 crore was collected as market tax.

One crore in just one month's time 

If we talk about the last ten days, 41000 quintals of produce was mailed in the mandi, out of which the arrival of maize alone was up to 33000 quintals.In the month of October to November, now 14 lakh quintals of arrival has been recorded. Out of this, if we talk about maize only, then it was 9 lakh quintals i.e. 65% percent participation. Such an influx of maize had never been recorded in the Kharif season till date. Maize has dominated the soybean crop this time.

The government provides exemption to the farmers of India from tax payment. However, farmers have to pay taxes under special circumstances. A lot of funds are collected in India as tax. There are also various big celebrities across India, who pay crores of rupees as taxes. Apart from these, many citizens of India also pay taxes. However, the pride of the country has to be taxed by the farmer brothers.

Taxes are not taxed in India's income in India

In India, farmers do not have to pay any tax on the income from their farming. According to the Income Tax Act, 1961, the income from agriculture is free from tax or tax. Farmers do not need to file any returns of their income in this way. However, in many circumstances, farmers may have to pay taxes on farming. For example, a farmer will have to pay tax on doing the rest of business in addition to agriculture.

An interim budget will be presented in the Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 1 February 2024. It is believed that farmers can get a big gift from this budget. Due to the Lok Sabha elections this year, the full budget will be presented after the formation of the new government. Earlier, during the tenure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the interim budget was presented in 2019. Piyush Goyal, who took over the additional duties of the then Finance Minister Arun Jaitley due to his ill health, had presented the interim budget, along with many major announcements that were also made by the Parliament in the 2019 budget.

The amount of PM Kisan Yojana may increase

PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana was announced in the interim budget of 2019. Under this scheme, an amount of Rs 6000 will be provided annually in three installments to farmers having land up to 2 hectares. More than 12 crore small and marginal farmers were included in this scheme. This amount will be increased to Rs 9000 per year in the budget to be presented in February 2024. It is expected that in the upcoming budget, the installments of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi can be increased, which is no less than a big blessing for the farmers. 

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Due to this, the amount of Mahila Samman Nidhi may also be doubled by the government. Besides, loans to women will also be provided at a lower rate of 1% compared to others. It is being told that the amount of Samman Nidhi for women farmers can be increased to Rs 12000. Besides, the government can also provide credit card facilities to provide loans to women farmers.

Can also announce health and life insurance for farmers

Given the Lok Sabha elections, the Modi government has asked to increase the amount in the Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme made for the farmers by 50 percent, and health and life insurance for the farmers can also be announced in the budget to be presented in the Parliament. 

Aman Puri, founder of Steadfast Nutrition, said India only spends 21% of GDP on health care, which is much lower than the world average of 6%. Recently many new diseases have been discovered, which have proved to be very fatal, which also require money. 

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A new framework is needed to prevent these diseases. In such a situation, the government needs to increase spending on health care.

Employees with a salary of more than Rs 10 lakh will get an exemption

It is being said in the budget to be presented on February 1, that employees whose income is above Rs 10 lakh can get relief in tax payment. Besides, many businesses and startups are also expected to get exemptions on tax payments. The government can provide great news on the matter of income tax. At present the discussion is that employees earning more than Rs 10 lakh can get relief in tax payment.

The government can take this decision for the agriculture sector

People have great expectations from the budget presented on Thursday. People in the agriculture sector have many expectations from this budget. He believes that with an agricultural loan of Rs 20 lakh, emphasis should be laid on achieving higher goals. In this, farmers should be stressed on increasing production by adopting new machinery and technology. If production increases, not only will farmers develop, but the economy will also become stronger.