The Budget has proposed changes to the new optional tax regime which provides that no tax would be levied on people with annual income of up to Rs 7 lakh. It also allowed taxpayers to claim standard deduction of Rs 50,000 under the new regime — a move seen as a push for the salaried class to switch to the new tax regime where no exemptions on investments are provided.

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