Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced this in his Union Budget 2018-19 today in Parliament. The budget is majorly focused on farmers, an uplift to healthcare and education sectors in the country. Each family covered under the new National Health Protection Scheme would be entitled to get medical reimbursement for treatment at hospitals up to a maximum of Rs. 5 lakh every year. The brand-new scheme, Mr Jaitley said to a loud thumping of tables in the Lok Sabha, would cover 50 crore people. This means that nearly 40 per cent of the country’s population would benefit from this scheme. This budget will increase the countries economic growth, it is focused on all sectors, said PM Modi. No change in personal I-T slabs, but some relief for salaried class, PAN is must for the transaction above 2.5 Lakhs or more.
