Budget Shikhar Sammelan Highlights: Revision in I-T slabs to help 85-90 percent people outside tax purview, says Piyush Goyal

Background

ABP Shikhar Sammelan: Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday presented the much-awaited Interim Budget in Lok Sabha months ahead of General Elections 2019. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA government announced a slew of benefits especially for farmers and the middle-class people of the country. In order to figure out the aftermath, ABP News organised Shikhar Sammelan where leaders from ruling and opposition parties participated and spoke out on the pros and cons of the Interim Budget. Union leaders including Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari, Civil Aviation Minister Jayant Sinha, Congress leader Kapil Sibal and others shared their thoughts on positive and negative outcomes of the Budget announced by Modi government on February 1.

Here's the guest list of ABP News Shikhar Sammelan:

10:00 am: Nitin Gadkari (Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways)

11: 00 am: Jayant Sinha (Civil Aviation Minister)

12: 00 am: Kapil Sibal (Congress leader/ Senior Advocate)

01:00 am: Sambit Patra vs Pawan Kheda

04: 00 pm: Sudhanshu Trivedi vs Priyanka Chaturvedi

05:00 pm: GVL Narasimha Rao vs Manish Tiwari

17:39 PM (IST)  •  02 Feb 2019

NSSO Unemployment data collection methodology is faulty and underwent a change for this year, needs to be looked into- GVL Narasimha Rao

17:39 PM (IST)  •  02 Feb 2019

Modi Govt promise of 10 crore jobs in 5 years is a sham, highly misleading for the citizens for the nation, says Manish Tewari

17:29 PM (IST)  •  02 Feb 2019

India’s contribution to the world economy has gone up by 25 percent during BJP regime says G. V. L. Narasimha Rao

17:27 PM (IST)  •  02 Feb 2019

BJP takes wrong credit for Direct Benefit transfer scheme which was initiated by the Congress, says Manish Tewari

17:19 PM (IST)  •  02 Feb 2019

Modi Govt is not empathetic towards the dismal conditions of the farmers. Congress provided electricity to over 6 lakh villages in India so BJP hasn’t done any wonders, says Congress’ Manish Tewari