While addressing a press conference, Union Revenue Secretary, Ajay Bhushan informed that under the new tax regime government has removed 70 exemptions.

"We took a comprehensive review of all exemptions and found close to 120 exemptions. We took a review of each item. In order to offer a simplified system, now the total exemptions which have been removed from the new system is, about 70," said Union Revenue Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey.