Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the Union Budget 2016-17 in Parliament on Monday. Jaitley laid out the 9 pillars of the budget namely agriculture & farmer welfare, rural sector, social sector, skill developement, infrastructure, financial services reforms, tax reforms, fiscal discipline.
Jaitley unveiled a pro-poor budget in a bid to to shun the anti-poor, pro-businessmen image that the government suffered, with the opposition on numerous occasions putting the centre on the mat on this issue.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to Budget 2016.
SC/ST/women won. #StandUpIndia allocated Rs 500 Crores for SC/ST/women entrepreneurs. #Budget2016 pic.twitter.com/qfQAEMV9ck
— Rupa Subramanya (@rupasubramanya) February 29, 2016
For the first hour he spoke, Arun Jaitley sounded like a socialist politician; for the remaining 40 minutes, he was a lawyer-accountant
— ParanjoyGuhaThakurta (@paranjoygt) February 29, 2016
“Milds kitne ki hai?”
— Akshar (@AksharPathak) February 29, 2016
Tax up on tobacco, but not beedis. Because poor people’s lungs are different? #Budget2016
— Nicholas Dawes (@NicDawes) February 29, 2016
#budget2016 Jaitley’s budget is growth, investment and jobs oriented. The sting may come on his fiscal targets unless revenue overestimated
— R Jagannathan (@TheJaggi) February 29, 2016
Excellent budget for the Aadhaar-card holding non-smoker who lost his degree certificate and plans to launch a loss-making startup this year
— St_Hill (@St_Hill) February 29, 2016
Even if it didn’t need more evidence, today’s yo-yo reaffirms a known fact, that stock markets and operators are really dumb #Budget2016
— Shekhar Gupta (@ShekharGupta) February 29, 2016
Excellent focus in #Budget2016 on three critical areas: agriculture; infrastructure and financial reforms…@ibnlive
— SUHEL SETH (@suhelseth) February 29, 2016
Aadhaar bill will be introduced in this session of Parliament. Finally. Much needed. Need privacy law to be passed alongside. #Budget2016
— sukumar ranganathan (@mint_ed) February 29, 2016
I think this budget was drafted by @SitaramYechury.
— SonaliRanade (@sonaliranade) February 29, 2016
Highest ever allocation to MNREGA! How life changes from Oppn to govt! #ModiBudgetTest
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) February 29, 2016
So our ruling dispensation is extreme rightwing religious-nationalist politically and 1970s socialist-populist on economics. Kya baat hai
— Sagarika Ghose (@sagarikaghose) February 29, 2016
Biz TV channels are really low energy. Struggling to say good things. Poor chaps
— Mihir Sharma (@mihirssharma) February 29, 2016
Tax proposals based on 9 pillars;small tax payer,make in India, pensioned society,affordable housing,reducing litigation, simplification
— Shereen Bhan (@ShereenBhan) February 29, 2016
Krishi kalyan cess!!!! I mean seriously!!!! Anymore cess and tax we have to pay to fund the remaining 80% of the country!!!! #Budget2016
— Yudhajit Dutta (@YudhajitDutta) February 29, 2016
Distressing to see people on Twitter who’re probably the top 2% in terms of purchasing power whine so much about paying tax. Th cess is fine
— Abhinandan Sekhri (@AbhinandanSekhr) February 29, 2016
Right wing govt doling out money for welfare and Left parties asking how is the gov gonna make money.
— Gabbbar (@GabbbarSingh) February 29, 2016
Pretty much everything the middle class consumes comes with a red arrow in #Budget2016 pic.twitter.com/HmBLVKxfZi
— Tarun Shukla (@shukla_tarun) February 29, 2016
By not focusing the benefits of #UnionBudget2016 on the #suitboot people @arunjaitley has cleverly made the opposition’s job a bit tougher.
— Omar Abdullah (@abdullah_omar) February 29, 2016
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