The Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs, Smt Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Union Budget 2022-23 in Parliament.
The key highlights of the budget are as follows:
Accelerated Corporate Exit
Centre for Processing Accelerated Corporate Exit (C-PACE) to be established for speedy winding-up of companies.
AVGC Promotion Task Force
An animation, visual effects, gaming, and comic (AVGC) promotion task force to be set-up to realize the potential of this sector.
Telecom Sector
Scheme for design-led manufacturing to be launched to build a strong ecosystem for 5G as part of the Production Linked Incentive Scheme.
Export Promotion
Special Economic Zones Act to be replaced with a new legislation to enable States to become partners in ‘Development of Enterprise and Service Hubs’.
MSME
Udyam, e-shram, NCS and ASEEM portals to be interlinked.
130 lakh MSMEs provided additional credit under Emergency Credit Linked Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS)
ECLGS to be extended up to March 2023.
Guarantee cover under ECLGS to be expanded by Rs 50000 Crore to total cover of Rs 5 Lakh Crore.
Rs 2 lakh Crore additional credit for Micro and Small Enterprises to be facilitated under the Credit Guarantee Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE).
Raising and Accelerating MSME performance (RAMP) programme with outlay of Rs 6000 Crore to be rolled out.