Business houses to benefit more
Published on: Feb. 3, 2026, 2:37 a.m. | Source: The Tribune
Refer to ‘Budget red alert for the middle class’; the budgetary proposals have ensured dal-roti for the middle class and free food for 80 crore people living below the poverty line. However, business houses will keep flourishing with various provisions of subsidies. Salaried people will continue to pay the same tax as paid in the UK and the US, but will never get the services the taxpayers get in these countries. It is encouraging to see Vande Bharat on the rails, but the pathetic condition of general coaches has deteriorated further. Similarly unsatisfactory are the facilities in government hospitals. The defence budget has been increased by 15 per cent, but that may not translate into the strength of fighter squadrons increasing from 29 to 42 for a two-front war. India may become the third largest economy in the next few years but the per capita income of people may remain even less than the poorer nations of the world.
