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Budget Decoded

Budgets come and go leaving behind a sea of unfulfilled expectations of taxpayers. However, Budget 2025 will long be remembered as one of the few Budgets that warmed the cockles of middle-class hearts.

Middle-Class

Relief The Union Budget 2025-26 delivers a substantial tax break to India’s middle class, with the exemption threshold rising to Rs 12 lakh from Rs 7 lakh.

Budget a big boost to middle class: Sinha

Expressing gratitude to PM Narendra Modi for putting the economy on a fast-track and bold development initiatives for poor, youth, farmers and women, J&K Lt. Governor, Manoj Sinha ,on Saturday said that the budget proposals presented by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was a big boost to the middle class.

India needs a strong government, definitive vision: PM Modi

In an exclusive interview to The Statesman, PM Narendra Modi underscores the need for a strong government and a clear vision for India's progress. He discusses plans for the middle class, youth employment, successes in Jammu and Kashmir, and Bengal's future, highlighting the importance of a significant electoral mandate for effective governance and a Viksit Bharat by 2047.

Graded Inequality~I

Our inequality materializes our upper class, vulgarizes our middle class, and brutalizes our lower class. ~ Mathew Arnold. The term…