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Budget 2018: Here's the list of winners and losers

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has delivered the election-year budget many expected.

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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (C) holds his briefcase during a photo opportunity as he leaves his office to present the federal budget in the parliament in New Delhi. Photo: Reuters.

Iain Marlow | Bloomberg
With national polls looming next year -- and possibly as early as late 2018 -- Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has rolled out a budget designed to help distressed farmers and rural areas while boosting growth, jobs and private investment.

In this budget, India’s farmers and villagers, as well as companies with exposure to agriculture, emerge as the biggest winners. Bond investors might just be the biggest losers.


WINNERS

Farmers

Farmers have been protesting across the country. This budget promises to raise the