Budget: Hike & Deduction Of Prices In Commodities

Prices to beincreased:

• Gold
• Petrol-Diesel
• Auto Parts
• Tobacco
• Digital Camera
• Imported books
• Optical fibres
• Cashew
• Certain synthetic rubber
• Vinyl flooring

Prices to be decreased:

• Insurance
• Specified electronic goods
• Defence equipment
• Electric Vehicles

Nirmala Sitharaman in her firstBudget speech today said the Indian economy had reached from $1.85 trillion to$2.7 trillion, and that the Centre had the target of taking it to $5 trillionby FY25. Praising Sitharaman's budget, PM Narendra Modi said that it wasa key step towards 'New India'.