Hits and misses of Budget 2018

Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday lowered the government’s fiscal deficit target for the current financial year in the annual budget and proposed a number of measures to boost the agriculture sector and enhance social security.

In his budget speech, Jaitley also imposed a long-term capital gains tax but left individual income tax rates unchanged.

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