Budget 2023: New Tax Slabs Welcomed By Netizens With Flurry Of Memes
Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget 2023 speech in Parliament lasted for 86 minutes, her shortest so far.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Budget 2023 in Parliament today. Her budget speech lasted for 86 minutes, her shortest so far. Last year, she clocked 92 minutes, while in 2021, she spoke for an hour and 50 minutes.
Some major announcements were made by Sitharaman during her fifth consecutive budget presentation. Increasing the tax slab was amongst the much-awaited mega announcement. As soon as the tax slab was increased by the Finance Minister, Twitter was flooded with memes.
Here's a look at some of the popular memes.
1. No income tax upto Rs 7 Lakhs
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) February 1, 2023
2. In new regime #Budget2023 pic.twitter.com/ebi3yWhw5e
Middle Class Ki dua kubool hui!!!!
— Akbar Kazi (@akbarkazi_) February 1, 2023
Tax-Free #IncomeTax Limit is raised to Rs 7 lakh in the new tax regime only. #Budget2023 CNBCTV18 LIVE pic.twitter.com/SBL4Cd4Dnu
Finally ache din for middle class is here😌!
— Himanshu Nirala (@ihknirala) February 1, 2023
No effective tax upto 7 lakhs!#Budget #incometax #BudgetSession #India pic.twitter.com/DMBXAQCnPT
5 Lakh to 7 Lakh. Waah
— Gabbar (@GabbbarSingh) February 1, 2023
#Budget2023 Finally 🥹
— UnknownClown (@Thekhatkhat) February 1, 2023
Middle Class after seeing new tax slab. pic.twitter.com/dD3ox2OXrk
New tax regime : No income tax on income of 7 Lakhs.
— jayBHIMdeep (@JayBhimDeep) February 1, 2023
Old tax regime : No tax on income of 5 Lakhs + 1.5 Lakhs under 80C + 50K standard deduction = 7 Lakhs
😂#incometax#Budget2023 pic.twitter.com/ioJGQquSQM
#Middleclass looking for #IncomeTax benefits in this #Budget.#UnionBudget2023 #BudgetSession pic.twitter.com/AbtS7pditj
— Navdeep Yadav (@navdeepyadav321) February 1, 2023
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This was the last full Budget of the Modi Government before the 2024 general elections. From major industries to MSMEs, salaried classes to farmers, and education to healthcare, everyone is eyeing some relief from this Budget.
On Tuesday, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Economic Survey (2022-23) in Parliament. The Economic Survey 2022-23 has forecast India’s GDP growth for the next fiscal 2023-24 in a broad range of 6-6.8 per cent. Its baseline forecast for real GDP growth is 6.5 per cent.
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