Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman today presented her maiden Union Budget 2019-20 in Parliament.
Apart from minimal changes in the income tax brackets, Sitharaman announced that Aadhaar card can now be used in place of a Pan card for all official purposes.
The Government also emphasised on providing every verified women self help group (SHGs) member an overdraft of ₹5000, on their Jan Dhan accounts.
Here is how people reacted to the budgetary reforms in general:
Half of budget has been declared, still there is no announcement on subsidy for annual subscription of Netflix, Prime and Hotstar. Is this the india we want to live in ? #Budget2019
— Kabira Speaking (@thewordsofshiva) July 5, 2019
#Budget2019
— Dr. Gill 2.0 (@ikpsgill1) July 5, 2019
Middle class: is saal to hamare liye benefits pakka honge
Govt: pic.twitter.com/zq2JqVDLkN
Every 2nd individual on #Budget2019 #BudgetForNewIndia pic.twitter.com/e1mzOen74X
— Supernova😎 (@_Supernova221) July 5, 2019
PAN Card & Aadhar card interchangeable now for filing returns. #Budget2019 pic.twitter.com/JNqv1kdsBS
— Roshan Rai (@RoshanKrRai) July 5, 2019
Middle class looking for some benefits in budget.
— Ashish Kulkarni (@Kulkarni1988) July 5, 2019
Govt:
#Budget2019 pic.twitter.com/lVejNqJzry
CA students will be very happy with this Budget as there is nothing in it for them to prepare for exams #Budget2019🙂
— Ashish Kulkarni (@Kulkarni1988) July 5, 2019
Middle class looking for benefits for them in the budget. #Budget2019 pic.twitter.com/8hsi3BYHhU
— Sharad Kotriwala (@ModijiKaHathHai) July 5, 2019
#Budget2019
— Retired Vasooli Bhai (@Vishj05) July 5, 2019
1. Middle Class before FM Speech.
2. Middle Class after FM Speech. pic.twitter.com/7uNJ5GegBT
Middle Class: My Vote BJP in General Election.
— Rahul Singh (@rahulkrsingh291) July 5, 2019
Budget : No tax cuts for Middle Class.
Middle Class : #Budget2019 pic.twitter.com/X64Scdzi0w
after seeing no cuts on taxes
— Sanchit sahu 🇮🇳🇮🇳 (@SanchitSahu10) July 5, 2019
Middle class to modi ji-#Budget2019 pic.twitter.com/yqWCZwvHUb
Me with my mother in school guardian meeting and teachers started to tell my mom that mistakes what I did in school
— Subham (@subhsays) July 5, 2019
#Budget2019 pic.twitter.com/iVXn0lMTRQ
Budget in a nutshell!!
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) July 5, 2019
Everything under the sun but nothing to catch it!!#Budget2019
Aren’t we missing something here?
— Jyotiraditya Scindia (@JM_Scindia) July 5, 2019
No reference to the highly anticipated plan for job creation, no measures to help farmers combat price collapse & droughts
I can see intent, but where is the content? This budget session was reduced to only a table thumping gathering. #Budget2019
New coins valued 1, 2, 5, 10 and 20 rupees to hit market soon#Budget2019 pic.twitter.com/bXGY3FIFd4
— Mahesh Avadhutha (@MaheshScribe) July 5, 2019
Middle class is waiting for the benefits for them in the budget #Budget2019 pic.twitter.com/sdrOJBjFVR
— Subham (@subhsays) July 5, 2019
Rahul Gandhi watching #Budget2019 pic.twitter.com/wcdliE6zCT
— LolmLol (@LOLiyapa) July 5, 2019
RIP PAN card.
— Shantanu N Sharma (@shantanunandan2) July 5, 2019
If you have #AADHAAR, you no longer need Pan card.
Major announcement by FM @nsitharaman #BudgET2019 @EconomicTimes
You can design any cover page for a book but at the end only the content matters…#Budget2019 pic.twitter.com/0ZJTcNrx6u
— December (@december_decemb) July 5, 2019
Chartered Accountants after #Budget2019 – pic.twitter.com/gOMK7RAnHT
— Shikhar Sehgal (@sehgal_tweets) July 5, 2019
BJP to Farmers #Budget2019 pic.twitter.com/fcSuDWMPwK
— कप्तान🌻 (@Kap_Taan) July 5, 2019
#Budget2019
— kreative_kartik.__ 🇮🇳 (@kartikeyapareek) July 5, 2019
Middle class after seeimg schemes for them : pic.twitter.com/Zwr6z23WYv
Middle class : is bar humko bumper benefits milenge😍
— Tweetera🐦 (@DoctorrSays) July 5, 2019
Govt : #Budget2019 #BudgetForNewIndia pic.twitter.com/qqsXJZFfnx
middle class’s reaction..!! #Budget2019 #BudgetForNewIndia pic.twitter.com/bi7OfhKnzv
— Dhavan Kadia (@dhaone110) July 5, 2019
#Budget2019 update pic.twitter.com/7wkMxthFIF
— Aniket Deshpande (@aniket0608) July 5, 2019
Pic1:- Budget expectation
— Himanshu Laddha (@HimanshuLaddha3) July 5, 2019
Pic2:- Budget reality 😂#Budget2019 #BudgetForNewIndia pic.twitter.com/DUcsBo7JpS
If not anything, the session at least did a good job for memesters of the internet and gave us something to laugh about.
