The Government has rejected a proposal in the Direct Taxes Code Bill 2013 to raise the lowest slab of Income Tax to Rs.3 Lakh. This was one of the demands of the workers and was in the draft of the bill. This was also a recommendation of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance. But the government has rejected it. Anyhow, the Bill can only be presented in the new Parliament.

The workers have to put much pressure to the new government on this issue.