Budget 2018: Full text of all Budget speeches delivered since Independence

Budget 2018: Full text of all Budget speeches delivered since Independence

On February 1, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will present the Budget 2018, his fifth and the Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government’s final full Budget in the ongoing term. Budget 2018-19 will also be important in many respects because India has just had a fiscally difficult year and might need its finance minister to put things in order through a tight leash on the economy.

However, there are also some who say that Jaitley might be impelled to dole out freebies in Union Budget 2018, in spite of the fisc, out of political compulsions – to shore up popular support for the ruling coalition going into the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

ALSO READ: Budget 2018 needn't be populist Whether Union Budget 2018-19 will be a fiscally prudent Budget or a populist one? A clearer picture on this will emerge only on Union Budget 2018 date February 1, with FM Arun Jaitley speech on Budget 2018. As of now, Budget 2018 expectations have been pouring in from various stakeholders of the economy, including the agriculture community, corporate groups, industry bodies, etc.

While you stay tuned for Budget 2018 latest news and Budget 2018 highlights to gauge the impact of Budget 2018, we bring you a glimpse of the 88 Union Budgets, including interim and additional allocations, presented by a total of 24 finance ministers since READ MORE..

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