Union Budget 2016: Analysis of Jaitley’s Budget in Videos

Updated: February 29, 2016 06:49 PM IST

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Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, center, leaves for annual budget presentation at parliament in New Delhi, India, Monday, Feb. 29, 2016. It was Jaitleys second full budget since Prime Minister Narendra Modi won a huge majority in national election in 2014, on the back of promises to turn around the economy and boost job creation. There have been few sweeping reforms in the past two years that the government has been promising. (AP Photo /Tsering Topgyal)

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the Budget 2016 in the Parliament on Monday.
The budget was considered by many experts as being pro-poor and focusing extensively on the farming sector. Jaitley reiterated a forecast that India would grow by 7.6 per cent in the fiscal year that is drawing to a close.
Below is an in-house analysis of Jaitley’s second full Union Budget:

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