On the positive side, I hope that the "pro-rural-agrarian" Budget can put an end to farmers' suicides all across the country. We can't eat cash, we need our farmers to be happy.
The worst?
It' a sad day when the Budget is overshadowed by Leonardo DiCaprio's speech at the Oscars. I had switched off when the service tax became 14 per cent.
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We Indians pay so much tax for such poor infrastructure.
Will BJP gain politically from the Budget?
No comment.
If you were finance minister, what would you change?
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