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Budget reflects govt's commitment to improve lives of middle class: Solicitor General
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....udget reflects govt's commitment to improve lives of middle class: Solicitor General<BR>Budget<BR>Dated:- 2-2-2025<BR>PTI<BR>New Delhi, Feb 2 (PTI) Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Sunday said that the Union Budget 2025-26 reflected the government's commitment to improve the lives and finances of the country's middle class. Mehta said the Budget provided a strong impetus for increasing consumpt....
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....ion and boosting investments among all segments of the economy. He said, "The significant amendments made to the income tax rates reflect the government's strong commitment to improving the lives and finances of India's rapidly expanding middle class, which now includes a vast percentage of the population which has been pulled out of financial problems by fiscal and other measures undertaken ove....
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....r the past decade." The senior lawyer said Prime Minister Narendra Modi aptly described the Budget as a force multiplier that will encourage and propel the economy's growth trajectory by further encouraging job creation. "The Budget proposals reflect a comprehensive and forward-looking blueprint given by the finance minister for the next stage of transformation of the Indian economy as a respo....
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....nsible global economic superpower, by spurring investments in new-age sectors such as electric vehicles, artificial intelligence and cutting edge research and development (R&D) in life-saving drugs as well as traditional sectors such as shipbuilding and hospitality," the solicitor general said. Mehta also said the measures for developing civil nuclear energy will ensure the country's energy secu....
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....rity in the coming years. "The new 'Funds of Funds for Startups' with a contribution of Rs 10,000 crore by the Centre and enhanced support for MSMEs reflect a well-considered approach to developing all sectors of the economy even while focussing on developing India as a manufacturing superpower. "All in all, the budget proposals demonstrate that Viksit Bharat is an idea whose time has come and....
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.... has taken its position on the global stage," he said. PTI MNR SKY SKY<BR> News - Press release - PIB....