“No good news for north Bengal from this budget,” Mr Bihani said.
Mr Partha Chatterjee, party secretary general and state parliamentary affairs minister said that the Union Budget presented by the Centre was one of a “faceless, baseless and actionless” budget.
Corporates should be pleased with 25 per cent tax ceiling for all companies up to an annual turnover of Rs 400 crores and the promised hands-off tax regime.
Sitharaman said that the higher surcharge had been proposed in view of rising income, and that the high income earners should contribute more to the nation's development.
The finance minister's speech listed a long menu of pro-corporate 'reforms'
Shah said the Budget gives wings to India's farmers, youngsters, women and poor to fulfil their dreams.
The Budget, presented by the Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on Friday, includes Rs 15,098 crore allocation for Union Territories.
On the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's proposal to invest a whopping Rs 100 lakh crore in infrastructure over the next 5 years, Krishnamurthy said such a huge spend augured well for job creation and boosting demand, manufacturing and consumer income.
Sitharaman said the government had so far provided all weather connectivity to over 97 habitations in rural areas under PMGSY.
Presenting the Budget in Parliament, the Minister said: "Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Gramin (PMAY-G) aims to achieve the objective of 'Housing for All' by 2022."
