NDTV Exclusive: Nirmala Sitharaman's First Interview Post Budget

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The government's aim in this Budget was to extend support to the middle class, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told NDTV in an exclusive interview today, the day after presenting the Budget in Parliament and announcing major tax reliefs.

"Our focus is to increase consumption. The government always recognised honest taxpayers. Our aim was to provide support to the middle class. Those earning Rs 1 lakh need tax relief," the Finance Minister told NDTV's editor-in-chief Sanjay Pugalia in her first interview after presenting the Budget yesterday.

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