Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today presented the Union Budget for 2014-15 in Parliament in New Delhi. Whereas his budget brought relief on some issues, many found things to be critical about.
We present here a cross section of views on the issue on Twitter:
#ArunJaitley beats all Bollywood stars in giving 100cr hits
#Budget2014
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#Budget2014
5 more IITs. 5 more IIMs.
In a few years India is going to be flooded with er… best-selling writers.
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) July 10, 2014
After initial thumbs down markets hv smartly rallied which indicates a resounding acceptance of #Budget2014 Even I have upped my rating
— Kiran Mazumdar Shaw (@kiranshaw) July 10, 2014
#Budget2014 listless,visionless,no gameplan,huge disappointment.This was UPA3 Budget.Spending on memorials instead of social sector.
— Mayank Gandhi (AAP) (@mayankgandhi04) July 10, 2014
Cola cigarette Bhoolo, diamond pehno , chai pe charcha ki aadat dalo #budget2014 #StayHealthyStayHappy @arunjaitley
— Anjana Om Kashyap (@anjanaomkashyap) July 10, 2014
200 crores on a statue and 100 crores for girl child! Says it all. #Budget2014
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) July 10, 2014
Big drift: Help for labour-intensive jobs in ships, electronics, garments, jewellery etc. This does smell of Gujarat. #Budget2014
— Madhavan Narayanan (@madversity) July 10, 2014
I think I missed something. How much was allocated to political social media trolls? Nothing? Wait, you guys do this for free??? #Budget2014
— Virr Das (@thevirdas) July 10, 2014
Many schemes are getting Rs 100 crore from Arun Jaitley. I think he is confusing the Union Budget with Bollywood production #Budget2014
— Madhavan Narayanan (@madversity) July 10, 2014
2/2 Negatives: Mumbai ignored, no roadmap for boosting manufacturing & employment. An insipid pill, neither bitter nor sweet #Budget2014
— Milind Deora (@milinddeora) July 10, 2014
Santa: How was the Jaitley budget? I believe he gave sau crore for many schemes. Banta: Haan, it was a sau-sau budget #Budget2014
— Madhavan Narayanan (@madversity) July 10, 2014
With growing costs, instead of increasing tax limits to promote savings @narendramodi erects a statue for Rs.200Cr #Budget2014 #FacePalm
— Sushant Jaipuria (@sushantjaipuria) July 10, 2014
Time to buy a TV for the kitchen and bathroon #Budget2014 LED TVs under 19 inch to have nil basic duty
— Sukriti Jain (@sukriti_j) July 10, 2014
Compiled by Heena Khandelwal