People’s Reactions to Arun Jaitley’s #VikasKaBudget

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented his third Union Budget today. As usual people had lot of expectations from the budget. Mr. Jaitley seems to have been able to meet some of the expectations of the people which has earned him kudos and also some brickbats when he was not able to meet the expectations.

Here is how the Twitter reacted to Mr. Jailtey's #VikasKaBudget.

These people gave thumbs up to Mr. Jaitley:

This is welcome! #Budget2016 #VikasKaPopulistBudget https://t.co/o7xE4DOtTf

— हम भारत के लोग (@India_Policy) February 29, 2016

#budget2016 Jaitley announces domestic tax amnesty scheme with 45 % tax. This is the most pragmatic step on black money and bring revenues

— R Jagannathan (@TheJaggi) February 29, 2016

Cess on cars. Very very good for environment. #UnionBudget2016

— Arpita Chatterjee (@arpitachatter) February 29, 2016

No relief for salaried taxpayers.But I'll b happy if my tax money is spent efficiently and for creating assets for nation. #VikasKaBudget

— हम भारत के लोग (@India_Policy) February 29, 2016

Tax exemption for MSME with turnover below Rs 2 Cr will is a welcome step #Budget2016

— Kalraj Mishra (@KalrajMishra) February 29, 2016

#VikasKaBudget - Small business gets a huge relief

— Vijay (@centerofright) February 29, 2016

#VikasKaBudget - So the Plan and Non plan classification is done away with from 2017. Another legacy goes away

— Vijay (@centerofright) February 29, 2016

Impetus provided to young manufacturing companies will go a long way to strengthen the manufacturing capabilities of India. #UnionBudget2016

— CEAMA (@CEAMAindia) February 29, 2016

Move to reduce discretionary powers of income tax officers assessing returns. Good! #UnionBudget2016

— Neeraj Amarnani (@amarnani13) February 29, 2016

Crorepatis to pay more tax. This is fantastic. Considering 1 percent own this country. #UnionBudget2016

— Arpita Chatterjee (@arpitachatter) February 29, 2016

Fantastic.. Dispute resolution mechanism, guidelines for PPP and ratings for infra projects/cos.#VikasKaBudget

— Ajay Dave (@ajayrdave) February 29, 2016

#UnionBudget2016 Focus on rural & infrastructure looks good; good proposals for retail trade as mom & pop stores can open all days!!!

— Rajneesh Kumar (@rajneeeshkumar) February 29, 2016

These people gave thumbs down to Mr. Jaitley:

Thought we were moving to a single levy GST...#UnionBUdget2016 announces two new cesses for agri and infra

— Surabhi Prasad (@surabhi_prasad) February 29, 2016

PM pushes #StartupIndia, Jaitley refuses to deliver! Lukewarm, lackluster till now! #UnionBudget2016

— PK (@PKGulati) February 29, 2016

#JNURow seems like a cover up for this flat and flop #UnionBudget2016 #wellplayed

— Shibi Singh (@shibisingh) February 29, 2016

A paltry sum of 3 rupees and 26 paise out of every 100 rupees spent on children. How fair? #UnionBudget2016 #Budget4Children

— Pragya Vats (@pragyavats) February 29, 2016

These were very witty as they chose to comment on Mr. Jaitley's budget:

Excise duty on tobacco products to be hiked by 10-15%. Govt now attacking our fundamental right to choose the way to kill ourselves
Fascists

— IndiaSpeaks (@IndiaSpeaksPR) February 29, 2016

Agri sector one of the nine pillars of #UnionBudget2016 - The intentions are right. Need to see how this gets implemented

— Naimish Dave (@NaimishD) February 29, 2016

Gold jewellery expensive....d gold monetisation scheme will go bust now?#UnionBudget2016

— shwetabh mathur (@shwetabh2) February 29, 2016

"I Levy" - this is the most used word perhaps in #UnionBudget2016

— Anil Kumar Satapathy (@anilsatapathy) February 29, 2016

Modi sarkar ki मीडिया से आज़ादी दिलाओ योजना #Budget2016 #vikaskanudget https://t.co/Ch7kE2gQYt

— हम भारत के लोग (@India_Policy) February 29, 2016