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Budget 2019: Who gained and who lost from FM Piyush Goyal's proposals

The Budget 2019 includes big announcements such as a major income support scheme for farmers and a new pension program for workers

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Interim budget 2019

Last Updated : Feb 01 2019 | 3:42 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has delivered an interim budget likely to boost the government’s popularity ahead of polls that are now just months away.

The budget includes big announcements such as a major income support scheme for farmers and a new pension program for workers. It also includes a number of smaller measures that could prove popular, including tax relief for India’s lower middle class.

Delivered by Finance Minister Piyush Goyal because Arun Jaitley is in the U.S. for medical treatment, the budget speech was heavy on praise for the government’s programs over the last four-and-a-half years -- sometimes prompting boos from

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