What we need is a budget that will –
- Have measures to reduce the economic divide
- Reduce the burden of taxes on lower-income group
- Reduce the price of food items and public services
- Promote agriculture and small scale industries
- Have measures to unearth the black money
- Increase the taxes on luxury items
- Have incentives for education in public sector
- Ensure better healthcare in the public sector
- Revive the ailing Public Sector Industries
- Have incentives to foster better relations with neighbours
- Ensure control on Defense funds and their utilization
- Promote inter state trade and cooperation
- Encourage NRIs to invest in National Infrastructure Projects
- More tax on air travel for shorter distances
- Include measures to reduce corruption in all sectors
- Welcome investments that will create more jobs
- Introduce care facilities for senior citizens
- Curb the inflow of black money in Real Estate
- Channelize the money from cricket for the welfare of other Sports
- Provide tax benefits for Corporates creating more jobs
In short – what we need is a budget which will reduce the burden on common people and ensure food security, better health care, reduce corruption and build better national infrastructure.