As Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman prepares to present the NDA 3.0 government’s first Union Budget on July 23, Congress MP Pramod Tiwari has voiced hopes for significant changes, particularly in tax rebates for the middle class. Tiwari and other Congress leaders are also urging the government to address critical issues such as unemployment, inflation, and the economic disparities exacerbated over the past decade.
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- Congress MP Pramod Tiwari anticipates the Union Budget will include further tax rebates for the middle class.
- Tiwari has highlighted concerns about unemployment, inflation, and the falling rupee in the upcoming budget.
- He questions whether the budget will favor PM Modi’s selected friends, as alleged in previous budgets.
- Congress MP Manickam Tagore criticizes the government for allegedly prioritizing the wealthy over the poor.
- Tagore points to Adani’s significant rise in global rankings as an example of the government’s focus on big corporates.
- He urges the budget to address issues affecting the 80 crore poor people who depend on rations.
- The budget session of Parliament began on July 22 and will continue until August 12.
- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met President Droupadi Murmu before presenting the budget, following traditional customs.
- President Murmu symbolically wished luck to Sitharaman by offering ‘Curd and Sugar’.
- This budget will be Sitharaman’s seventh consecutive budget presentation, surpassing Moraji Desai’s record of six.
