According to a study by CRISIL, conducted across 36,000 profiles, 47 per cent of mentions by individuals were related to education, while 24 per cent of the mentions by businesses were about announcements and impact on the education sector.
About 12 per cent of the mentions by individuals were about taxation, while in the case of businesses it was higher at 35 per cent.
"We found that individuals were most concerned about education. Almost half their mentions were about education. This reflects the demographic of individual social media users -- young individuals looking to their future," she added.
While politicians and social activists had an opinion on most topics, media's focus was on taxation, followed by housing, banking, defence and education.
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"Tax was the prime topic in Karnataka and Maharashtra, while it was not even in the top five mentions of people from the National Capital Region, where the the centre of attention instead was FDI and defence, reflecting influence of proximity to the corridors of power," Kudva said.
CRISIL analysed 36,000 unique social media profiles and 1.75 lakh relevant comments or mentions on Twitter, Facebook, blogs and the web for 12 hours before the Union Budget and 12 hours after.
For politicians and activists, 26 per cent of the mentions were for taxation-related, followed by education (19 per cent), housing and defence.
For investors, taxation, banking and defence were most discussed topics.