New Delhi, July 5: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday presented her maiden Budget for 2019-20 in Lok Sabha. This is  Sitharaman's first budget in the second term of Narendra Modi government, for the fiscal year 2019-20. This is the first ever budget being presented by a woman Finance Minister. In her speech, Sitharaman said, with the verdict of the Lok Sabha Polls 2019, the people of India have validated their two goals for the country's future - national security and economic growth. Union Budget 2019:  Increase In Petrol, Diesel Prices, No Change in Income Tax Slabs, Key Highlights.

Sitharaman announced that there will be no changes in personal income tax rates. The government hiked the excise duty on fuel, increased tax rate for super rich and provide additional tax relief for home loan holders. Talking about the economy, she said that from 1.85 trillion dollars in 2014, India's economy has reached 2.7 trillion US dollars and we can very well reach 5 trillion dollars in the next few years. Sitharaman  added the Indian economy will grow to become a 3 trillion dollar economy this year itself.  Check List of Things That Will be Expensive and Cheaper.

Things that will be Expensive

  1. Petrol-diesel, gold, ACs, cashew nuts, cigarettes will be expensive.

  2. Increasing import tariff will increase the prices of many things.

  3. Auto parts, synthetic rubber, PVC, tiles will also become expensive.

  4. Tobacco products will also become expensive after this budget which means cigarettes will become costlier

  5. Besides gold, additional money will be spent to buy silver and silver ornaments.

  6. Optical fiber, stainless products, original metal fittings, frames and accessories,

  7. ACs, loudspeakers, video recorders, CCTV cameras, vehicle horns, etc. have been expensive.

Thing that will be Cheaper

  1. Home Loan will be cheaper

  2. Electric cars will be affordable

  3. Commodities including utensils, lamps, brief-cases, passenger bags, sanitary wares, bottles, containers, utensils used in kitchen utensils will be cheaper.

  4. Daily use items like mattresses, beds, frames of glasses, bamboo, soaps, shampoos, hair oils, toothpaste, detergents will be cheaper.

  5. Pasta, mayonnaise, incense, salted, dry coconut, sanitary napkins, Wool and woolen thread will be cheaper

Here's the Video

Earlier in the day, before the Budget presentation, Sitharaman was seen holding the budget documents wrapped in a red cloth, the traditional 'bahi khaata' way, instead of the leather briefcase that until now her predecessors marched out with. Chief Economic Advisor K. Subramanian said that it was a departure from "slavery of western tradition". The red cloth symbolises the 'bahi khaata' traditionally used in every Indian business set-up to maintain accounts.

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