The Asian Age

SETTING AGENDA FOR INDIA@100

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`39.45L-cr

budget, with higher spending on highways to affordable housing. Government claimed it as a booster-shot budget to push growth amid rising inflation.

LITIGATION-FREE TAXATION

New income-tax return system will reduce litigation by restrictin­g appeal rights of CBDT

NO CHANGE IN TAX

Centre makes no changes to personal income-tax. `11.6 lakh crore borrowing planned for 202223 to meet its expenditur­e.

PM GATI SHAKTI

7 engines driving the Budget `5.25 lakh crore allocated for defence 6.4 per cent fiscal deficit is projection for next year

The Budget is people-friendly, progressiv­e and full of possibilit­ies for infrastruc­ture, investment, growth and jobs

— Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

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