Nirmala Sitharaman’s tweet has given citizens hope that their ideas will be incorporated into the final budget document. NEW DELHI: Higher taxes on jewellery purchases, regulation for cryptocurrency, lower interest rates for educational loan, legalizing gambling, plans for rehabilitation of beggars, defence spending, subsidies for dishwashers—there’s little off the table when citizens think about the budget .
On 6 June, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman was flooded with responses when she asked social media users for ideas about what the upcoming #Budget2019 should contain. Some of the suggestions border on zany, others are extraordinarily earnest, but overall, the responses are a […]
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