LS PASSES INTERIM BUDGET

NEWDELHI: The Interim Budget was passed by the Lower House amid a walkout by members of the Congress, Left, and NCP. “The poor, farmers and the middle-class are the government’s priorities. Our government was the first to increase MSP for farmers,” finance minister Piyush Goyal said. The Congress, he said, has betrayed the nation by opposing pro-poor, profarmer policies. ››P8