Measures Limited Due To Interim Budget: Piyush Goyal Tells Media After Budget

Union minister Piyush Goyal presented the election year Interim Budget in parliament today and announced major relief for farmers and individual taxpayers. This was the last Interim Budget of the NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi before the Lok Sabha elections due by May. With the Lok Sabha election just months away, the government kept the budget focussed on immediate relief such as easing income tax rules, favourable loan terms for small businesses, farm loan waiver and even direct cash transfers to small farmers. "This government is concerned for the poorest and the middle. Whatever we presented in the budget today is a reflection of every section of the country," he said.