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Budget 2018: From rural focus to corporation tax, MF industry expectations

Will the finance minister deliver a people-pleasing Budget this time? Or will he be prudent and focus more on the fisc, despite this being the last full Budget before the next general elections?

Industry credit grows for first time this year in November
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Nilesh ShettyPankaj Pathak
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will present Budget 2018 on February 1 and there are several expectations coming from various sectors of the economy. Will the finance minister deliver a people-pleasing Budget this time? Or will he be prudent and focus more on the fisc, despite this being the last full Budget before the next general elections? Quantum AMC fund managers Nilesh Shetty and Pankaj Pathak list out the priorities for this Budget and the most important Budget expectations from FM Jaitley.

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