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Union Budget 2018: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's full speech
New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 1, 2018 15:17 IST
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday presented the government's last full Union Budget, one that Prime Minister Narendra Modi said would accelerate economic growth. Predictably, Congress leaders were critical of its provisions, and one of them called it modest, with nothing spectacular.
A slew of measures for the agriculture and rural sectors, a new health insurance scheme for the poor and some relief in income tax for the salaried class and senior citizens, were announced by the Finance Minister today.
Presenting his fifth straight budget in the Lok Sabha, Jaitley raised the health and education cess, levied on all taxable income, to 4 per cent from current 3 per cent, and introduced a social welfare surcharge of 10 per cent to fund social welfare schemes.
To know more watch the full Union Budget 2018 speech.
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