Jackpot For Middle Class, Farmers In Government's Election-Year Budget

Those who earn upto Rs. 5 lakh a year do not have to pay Income Tax, minister Piyush Goyal said, doubling the exemption cap. Effectively, those earning upto Rs. 6.5 lakh per year with investments to make savings will pay no tax, he said, to loud desk-thumping by BJP members and chants of "Modi, Modi". Piyush Goyal also unveiled direct cash support of Rs. 6,000 for small farmers in a scheme called the "Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman N...