Finance Minister's eleven: Meet Arun Jaitley's budget team

| Updated: Feb 1, 2018, 10:55 IST

Highlights

  • Union finance minister Arun Jaitley and his team of officials have their work cut out for themselves as they seek to address agriculture distress, create jobs and boost growth while at the same time stick to fiscal prudence. Here's the 11-member team behind Union Budget 2018:

Finance Minister's eleven: Meet Arun Jaitley's budget team
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What to watch out for in this year's budget
Will you get income tax relief and will it come through higher exemption or sops for health insurance and savings?

Will the FM reduce corporation tax rates and prune exemptions?


Live updates: Union Budget 2018


Will the govt adhere to the fiscal consolidation plan and stick to budgeted fiscal deficit target of 3.2% of GDP for this year in the wake of GST launch?


What will be the FM's recipe to create jobs, push investment and perk up the farm sector?


But don't expect any price changes due to excise or service tax as GST rates are outside the scope of the Budget.
In Video: Finance minister Arun Jaitley shows off Union Budget 2018 briefcase

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