Union Budget 2019: What gets cheaper and what gets costlier

New Delhi, July 05: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her maiden budget in Parliament today.

She said in her speech that India will become a 3 trillion dollar economy in the current year itself. The prices of petrol and diesel is set to go up and the same is the case with gold.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Here is a look at what gets costlier and what gets cheaper:

What gets costlier:

  • Petrol
  • Diesel
  • Gold
  • PVC
  • Vinyl flooring
  • Tiles
  • Metal fittings
  • Mountings for furniture
  • Auto parts
  • CCTV camera
  • IP camera
  • Digital and network video recorders
  • Imported books
  • Digital camera
  • Marble slabs
  • Optical fibre cable
  • Cashew kernels
  • Certain kinds of synthetic rubbers

What becomes cheaper:

  • Electrical Vehicles
  • Electronic vehicles

Story first published: Friday, July 5, 2019, 14:55 [IST]