Budget 2018

Budget 2018: What do the people want?

ET presents the findings of LocalCircles Citizens’ Budget 2018 that got more than 125,000 responses from 50,000 unique participants in 200 cities over three weeks.

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Safety was the biggest concern with respect to the railways. People also want improved oversight of government hospitals for better healthcare.
HERE’S A WISH LIST: An increase in income tax slabs, higher spending on agriculture and infrastructure, greater efforts toward skilling and more public investment to drive growth. That’s what the aam aadmi expects from finance minister Arun Jaitley’s fi fth budget on February 1, also the last full-fledged one before the next elections. ET presents the findings of LocalCircles Citizens’ Budget 2018 that got more than 125,000 responses from 50,000 unique participants in 200 cities over three weeks. Safety was the biggest concern with respect to the railways. People also want improved oversight of government hospitals for better healthcare. Interestingly, while experts might favour a single rate GST, respondents didn’t think that was a good idea.
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