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BJP alleges attack by TMC cadre ahead of PM Modi’s West Bengal rally, say Modi posters replaced with Mamata posters

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BJP alleges attack by TMC cadre ahead of PM Modi’s West Bengal rally, say Modi posters replaced with Mamata posters

A scuffle broke out between Trinamool Congress (TMC) cadres and BJP workers when the former pulled down hoardings and banners announcing PM Modi’s rally in the state. The BJP workers have complained that TMC workers on Friday had attacked them and replaced PM Modi’s posters with Mamata Banerjee’s posters.


The brawl comes ahead of PM Modi’s rally in West Bengal’s Durgapur which is scheduled to take place later today at 2 pm. Many BJP posters welcoming PM Modi were also smeared with dirt. BJP Minister Babul Supriyo expressed his shock on Twitter by claiming the vandalism carried out by TMC workers as “heights of indecency”.


Tensions have soared in the area since then. BJP workers have accused TMC workers of indulging in violence against them for protesting the removal of PM Modi’s posters.

BJP activists injured by TMC workers (Source: Twitter/SuPriyoBabul)

Prime Minister Modi is in West Bengal to launch a nearly 300 km-long electrified stretch of the Railways, comprising the Andal-Sainthia-Pakur-Malda and the Khana-Sainthia sections. He will also be inaugurating the 20 km-long Hijli-Narayangarh third line.

This is not the first time Mamata Banerjee led TMC has attempted to impede rallies conducted by the BJP. Earlier, Mamata Banerjee used legal machinery to persistently disallow the Rath-yatras to be conducted by the BJP under the pretext of it giving rise to communal tensions in the state. Amit Shah had then alleged that the Mamata Banerjee led TMC government in the West Bengal has resorted to undemocratic measures to obstruct BJP from conducting rallies in the state.

Islamist terror organisation SIMI banned for five more years by Union Home Ministry

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Islamist terror organisation SIMI banned for five more years by Union Home Ministry

The Union Home Ministry has banned the Students’ Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) for five more years for engaging in subversive activities that threaten the integrity and security of the country.


The government asserted that if the unlawful activities of SIMI are not checked, then it will “continue its subversive activities and re-organise its activists who are still absconding; disrupt the secular fabric of the country by polluting the minds of the people by creating communal disharmony; propagate anti-national sentiments; escalate secessionism by supporting militancy; and undertake activities prejudicial to the integrity and security of the country.”

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (3) of section 3 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, the central government hereby declares the SIMI as an ‘unlawful association’ and directs that this notification shall, subject to any order that may be made under section 4 of the said Act, have effect for a period of five years,” the Home Ministry notification said.

The Home Ministry also listed 58 cases where members belonging to the radical Islamic organization were allegedly involved. The order comes into effect on Thursday.

The Islamic organization has derived significant support from Indian political bigwigs until now. For instance, it was Salman Khurshid, senior Congress leader, who had appeared before the Supreme Court on behalf of SIMI when it challenged the central ban on it. Mulayam Singh Yadav, then SP supremo, too had adopted a soft stance towards the organization.

Congress regime vs the Modi era: Here is how your Tax liability has changed

Ashutosh Kulkarni
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Congress regime vs the Modi era: Here is how your Tax liability has changed

Since the start of organized political structures in history, taxation has played an important role in the maintenance of empires and later on, entire nations. Since the start of modern times, there has always been a debate on the optimum level of tax burden on the people. In a nation like India where we have an unequal distribution of tax burden, the tax rates have been always under discussion. Being the driver of consumption and wealth generation in an economy, the middle class expected their tax burden to reduce. It is in this background, the Budget of 2019 is important.

Since 2014, specific actions of Narendra Modi led government have resulted in creating the ground for tax relief for the middle class. Firstly, tax collections have increased manifold. The direct tax collections have increased from 6.38 lakh crore in 2013-14 to almost 12 lakh crore this year coupled with good GST collections averaging to Rs 97,100 crores per month, giving the necessary fiscal space for the government to reduce the tax burden on the middle class.

Secondly, the steps like Demonetization have increased formalization in Indian economy leading to widening of the tax base. The number of tax returns filed has increased from 3.79 crores to 6.85 crores showing 80% growth in the tax base. More the base, better is the tax spread.

Thirdly, inflation has moderated in the last 5 years. Prior to 2014, inflation touched 10% while it is 2% in December 2018. Inflation is itself a tax that decreases the value of money without any real increase in absolute income. Having all the necessary conditions in place, the Modi government reduced the tax burden on the middle class, salaried earners, senior citizens and pensioners.

Reduction in tax liability

Although the current budget announced a tax rebate for individual taxpayers with taxable income less than Rs 5 lakhs, it is not that tax burden was reduced all of a sudden. A series of announcements since 2014-15 till the Budget 2019 have ensured more money in the pockets of the middle class which were not present in 2013-14, benefitting especially the middle class.

What changed in Direct Taxes from 2013 (Congress) to 2019 (Modi government)

Thus, any individual taxpayer having annual income up to Rs 8 lakh can utilize various deductions and bring the taxable income below Rs 5 lakhs and end up paying no income tax.

Sorting the Housing Dilemma-

Middle Class is inadvertently connected to aspirations of buying a dream home. FM Piyush Goel, in his Budget 2019 speech rightly noted, the middle class most often maintains two or more houses due to jobs, education of children, etc. Till now, income tax was payable on notional rent if one has more than one self-occupied house. The current budget exempted the second self-occupied house from income tax on notional rent.

Encouraging the habit of saving

PM Modi pushed for the Jan Dhan Yojana to ensure marginal people inculcate the habit of saving. Most of the small savers are non-working spouses. But the tax rules ensured that if interest earned on such savings be more than Rs 10000, TDS was deducted. The current budget increased it to Rs 40000. This will ensure more savings in the hands of small depositors.

The actions of the Modi government are not limited to merely giving tax exemption to the middle class or others. The lives of the middle class have been eased by multiple other steps. Till 2014, high inflation meant the interest rates on Home Loans and Education Loans were very high. Moderate inflation in last 5 years meant the interest rates on loans have reduced, which means lesser EMI and monthly instalments. Implementation of GST reduced logistics cost and cascading taxes. This gets reflected in lower costs of consumer goods. Mobile data rates are at their lowest which resulted in mobile data consumption increasing 50 times in the last 5 years. All these steps essentially mean more money in the pockets of the middle class.

Moreover, when we analyse the trends in taxation since independence, most would be shocked to know that in 1973-74, there were 11 slabs with rates varying from 10% to 97.5%!  It is in this background we find that the 6 budgets of the Narendra Modi government have ensured increased savings for the middle class, perfectly balancing the fiscal compulsions of the government.

There was a profound meaning behind FM Piyush Goyal saying “Thank you, taxpayers” in his Budget 2019 speech. It was the government’s commitment towards the Middle Class he was pointing out!

‘Won’t let you walk in AP’: After sermonising about ‘Modi killing democracy’, Chandrababu Naidu threatens BJP MLAs

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‘Won’t let you walk in AP’: After sermonising about ‘Modi killing democracy’, Chandrababu Naidu threatens BJP MLAs

During a discussion on the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act in the Assembly on Friday, Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu proceeded to lose his cool and threaten BJP lawmakers. Chandrababu Naidu threatened the BJP lawmakers and said that he would not allow them to ‘move freely’ in Andhra Pradesh if they continue to defend the Centre “despite injustice to the Stat”, reported The New Indian Express.

Chandrababu Naidu’s outburst happened after BJP floor leader P Vishnu Kumar Raju started listing out all the institutions that the central government had sanctioned for Andhra Pradesh.

Naidu said, “Shame on you to speak like this. You have no commitment to the development of the State. You are unfit to be a public representative. If we go on listening, you will put flowers in our ears. For whose sake will you give? Whose money is that? For a new State, the Centre should give all institutes. Tell me how many institutes are located in Hyderabad, Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat. Compare them. Are you doing tamasha?  My blood is boiling. Instead of supporting a new State, it is unfair on your part to speak in such a way”.

Reportedly, when the BJP MLAs raised objections to his remark, Naidu said: “Who cares for your objections?”

Then, in a bizarre rant, Naidu said that he calls the American leaders by name as Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton but he referred to PM Modi as “sir” despite the fact that he is “junior” to “satisfy his ego”.

He said he will hold a ‘Deeksha’ on 11th February to demand “justice” for the State.

It is interesting to note that Chandrababu Naidu’s dictatorial outburst comes days after he was seen pontificating about the preservation of democracy and defeating ‘fascist forces’. During the ‘United India’ rally held in West Bengal, Naidu had claimed that Narendra Modi is “destroying the democratic spirit of the country”.

The fact that the ones blaming Narendra Modi for being a “fascist” are themselves responsible for the most fascistic acts does not come as a surprise. Even Mamata Banerjee, under who, the state of West Bengal has seen widespread political murders of BJP workers sermonised about the preservation of democracy.

‘Azam Khan attempted acid attack on me, I had no certainty if I would be alive next day’: Jaya Prada

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‘Azam Khan attempted acid attack on me, I had no certainty if I would be alive next day’: Jaya Prada

Actor turned politician Jaya Prada while speaking at the Queensline Literature Festival said that Azam Khan, MLA from Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, had once attempted acid attack on her when she was contesting elections. “Because the state I was in, contesting elections with Azam Khan, as a woman, with acid attack threats, the threat to my life… I couldn’t even tell my mother if I would come back alive whenever I left from home”, she said.

“Even as a sitting MP from a party, I wasn’t spared. Azam Khan harassed me. He attempted an acid attack on me. I had no certainty if I would be alive the next day. I would tell mother while leaving the house that I wasn’t sure if I would ever return home. I emerged out of it,” she added.

Prada also clarified on his relationship with former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh. She called him her ‘Godfather’. She said that Singh was the only one who stood by her during her bad phase. “Even if I tie rakhi to him, will people stop talking? I don’t care what people say,” said Prada.

She accused former Samajwadi Party head Mulayam Singh of not coming to her rescue.“Mulayam Singh ji didn’t even call me once,” she said. She revealed that she even thought of committing suicide when her morphed pictures were being circulated. “Amar Singh was on dialysis and my morphed pictures were being circulated in the region. I was crying and saying I don’t want to live anymore, I want to commit suicide. I was going through that trauma and no one supported me,” she recalled.

She added, “Only Amar Singh ji, who came out of his dialysis, stood next to me, supported me. What will you think of him? Godfather or someone else?”.

Jaya Prada and Amar Singh had formed their own Party called Rashtriya Lok Manch after being expelled from the Samajwadi Party.

Elgar Parishad case: Alleged Urban Naxal Anand Teltumbde arrested by Pune police

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Elgar Parishad case: Alleged Urban Naxal Anand Teltumbde arrested by Pune police

Another alleged Urban Naxal connected with the Elgar Parishad case has been arrested by the Pune police. According to reports, Anand Teltumbde has been arrested today in the early morning hours at Mumbai airport.


According to reports, after several days of hearing, a special court in Pune had on Friday, rejected his anticipatory bail plea. Following it, a team of Pune city police arrested him on early hours on Saturday.

Shivaji Pawar, ACP in Pune police, has been quoted by Indian Express saying that Teltumbde will be produced before the special court today. The Pune City police would be seeking his custody for further investigation into the case.

Special judge KD Vadane had stated in his order rejecting Teltumbde’s anticipatory bail plea that there is sufficient evidence collected by the investigating officers to show Teltumbde’s involvement in the alleged offence.

Public prosecutor Ujjwala Panwar had argued on behalf of the police in court against Teltumbde’s anticipatory bail plea. She had claimed that the police have sufficient evidence to prove Teltumbde’s involvement in insurgent activities to destabilise the government through banned Maoist organisations.

Teltumbde is a professor at the Goa Institute of Management.

Several of the alleged Urban Naxals have been raided and arrested by the Maharashtra police in the Elgar Parishad case that had led to the Bhima Koregaon Violence in January 2018.

Congress era lobbyist Deepak Talwar acted as middleman in civil aviation agreement causing loss to Air India: ED

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Congress era lobbyist Deepak Talwar acted as middleman in civil aviation agreement causing loss to Air India: ED

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleged that the ‘corporate lobbyist’, Deepak Talwar, who was involved in several aviation deals during the UPA regime, acted as a middleman in negotiations to favour foreign private airlines causing the loss to national carrier Air India.

The Delhi court had granted the Enforcement Directorate (ED) 7 days custody to interrogate extradited middlemen, Deepak Talwar and Rajeev Saxena, another scamster of the UPA era, accused in the VVIP chopper scam.

The agency today told the Court that Talwar received “exorbitant amounts” from Emirates, Air Arabia and Qatar Airways from June 2008 to February 2009.
ED, in its remand paper, alleged that Talwar received ‘kickbacks’ to the tune of 5 million US dollars in his “Bank of Singapore” account from Emirates (June to November 2008). Also, he allegedly received 1.5 crore US dollars from Qatar and Air Arabia (June 2008 to Feb 2009). ED has also furnished details of the accounts “directly or indirectly” controlled by Khaitan which received the payments.
ED maintained that the payment received was “very near to the time of the signing of the respective” bilateral agreements. It added that the said payments were “not usual business transactions” and the same was “basically proceeds of crime”.
The agency had registered a case against the high-profile lobbyist in May 2017, who reportedly made 100 crores during the UPA era, on charges of misusing of power by a public servant who allegedly received kickbacks to make the national carrier, Air India, give up profit-making routes and the profit-making timings in favour of national and international domestic and foreign private airlines. This, as per the agency, resulted in a huge loss of market share to Air India and helped the private domestic and foreign airlines to make financial benefits.
ED special prosecutor, Devendra Pal Singh, said that Talwar’s custody is important to ascertain his role in “association with the bilateral air service talks and the inroads made by him to influence the decisions”. He added “role of key persons and their modus operandi” needs to be extracted from Talwar. He furthered that the agency has received “voluminous incriminating material” against Talwar.
Another high-profile fugitive, Rakesh Saxena, who was extradited from UAE, along with Talwar in the same plane of the government of India on January 30, 2019, who is accused in the VVIP chopper scam, has also been facing custodial interrogation by ED.
Rajiv Saxena is accused in a money laundering case connected with the AgustaWestland deal. He had filed an anticipatory bail plea in a Delhi court last month, which the ED had opposed. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had named him in a supplementary charge sheet filed in the VVIP Chopper scam in September 2017. Saxena and his wife Shivani Saxena are directors in two Dubai based companies, while he is a director in another Mauritius based company, and it is alleged that all those companies received proceeds of the kickbacks paid in the AgustaWestland deal.
On December 4, 2018, the middleman in the VVIP chopper deal Christian Michel was extradited to India from Dubai. He has already made several sensational revelations in front of the agencies. From the names of “Italian Lady”, to “Italian Lady’s son R“. From how Christian Michel was lobbying for the Eurofighter and against the Rafale deal, to how he had unbridled access to the PMO under Congress regime, the CCS and even the investigative agencies.
Earlier, another important player of the AgustaWestland scam, lawyer Gautam Khaitan, had been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Now, extradition of Rajiv Saxena to India will further boost the case where senior Congress leaders and the Gandhi family are directly named as beneficiaries.

Robert Vadra files anticipatory bail plea in Delhi court in money laundering case

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Robert Vadra files anticipatory bail plea in Delhi court in money laundering case

Robert Vadra has filed a plea for anticipatory bail at the Patiala House court in Delhi in the money laundering case he is facing.


This move from Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law comes just days after two important middlemen in UPA era scams were extradited to India from Dubai. On the night of January 30, UAE authorities had sent AgustaWestland scam accused Rajiv Saxena and UPA era Lobbyist Deepak Talwar to India in a special flight.

Applying for anticipatory bail implies that Robert Vadra is fearing arrest by agencies soon. He is facing probes in multiple cases involving land deals and money laundering, while his close aides are also facing investigations into defence deals.

On January 8, The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had filed a fresh money laundering case against Vadra’s firm Skylight Hospitality. The case is related to alleged irregularities in land deals in Haryana’s Gurgaon in 2008. The then Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda is also facing probe in the case.

Robert Vadra’s former executive assistant Manoj Arora is also wanted by ED in the case, and the agency has requested the court for the issuance of an open-ended non-bailable warrant against him. According to ED, Manoj Arora is aware of overseas undeclared assets of Vadra and was instrumental in arranging funds for such properties.

Emails recovered from fugitive arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari had revealed that Manoj Arora was communicating with Bhandari’s aides regarding a luxury apartment in London on behalf of Vadra.

Vadra is also facing ED probe in Bikaner land deal case in Rajasthan, and last month the Rajasthan High Court summoned him to appear before the ED after he had ignored 3 summons issued by the agency.

Robert Vadra has sought an early hearing in the case, and the Delhi court will take up the matter tomorrow.

OpIndia Evening Dispatch: Friday, 1st February 2019

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OpIndia Evening Dispatch: Friday, 1st February 2019

In the hustle and bustle of the day, it is only natural to miss some of the biggest developments that impact the nation. The OpIndia Evening Dispatch will catch you up on the day’s event even if you have been busy thus far.

Here is what made it to news today:

1. Rahul Gandhi eats dosa in a five star hotel, friendly media spins it as a humble move

On Friday, both NDTV and India Today ended up being a laughing stock after social media users found that they had published a bizarre report glorifying Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s stopover at a restaurant to have South Indian delicacy dosa and filter coffee.

India Today even went on to mention how Rahul Gandhi is ‘often known’ to visit restaurants in ‘mostly middle class and upmarket areas’ in Delhi. Not sure whether India Today meant the Sagar Ratna Rahul Gandhi visited was middle class or upmarket since the outlet he visited is situated inside Hotel Ashok, a five-star hotel.

2. Manish Tewari makes an outlandish charge, alleges ‘parts of the budget has been leaked’

Today, when the Country was moments away from the Budget 2019 being presented, Congress leader Manish Tewari had floated a charge, that the budget has been leaked in parts to the media and others.

Manish Tewari had taken to Twitter to attach photographs and alleged that parts of the budget has been leaked to the media.

3. As extraditions continue, Vijay Mallya claims DRT has attached more than he owed, alleges harassments by banks’ UK lawyers

Fugitive tycoon Vijay Mallya has stated recently in a series of tweets that the consortium of Indian banks has already attached much more than the amount he owed them. He also stated that the banks are now trying to prevent him from paying his tax dues in the UK.

Mallya alleged that every morning, he wakes up to the news of another attachment by the Debts Recovery Tribunal (DRT) of his properties in India. He added that the total value of the properties attached so far has crossed Rs 13,000 crores already. Mallya alleged that as the banks have claimed that the total debts he owes to them stand at Rs 9000 crores including all dues and taxes, the value of attachments is now the more than the due amount.

4. Rajasthan: Gehlot government blames BJP for not being able to implement loan waiver that Congress promised

The Congress in Rajasthan has come up with a way to blame the previous BJP regime for leaving the state in massive debt, and are citing this as the reason behind them being unsuccessful to keep up their promise of pre-poll promise of farm loan waiver.

CM Ashok Gehlot on Thursday said that the farm loan waiver involving cooperative banks would amount to Rs 18,000 crore at a time when the state was caught in debt of Rs 3 lakh crore left by the former BJP government.

5. West Bengal: CBI summons Derek O’Brien, grills Mamata Banerjee’s close aide over sale of her paintings to chit fund companies

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday, have questioned Manik Majumdar, a close aide of the West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, about the sale proceeds of the paintings and even sent a notice to her party’s MP Derek O’Brien.

The CBI has reportedly questioned Majumdar over how the proceeds of the CM’s paintings were utilised. CBI officials have stated that they are “Investigating the route of chit fund money in various directions so as to the find out the larger conspiracy angle as has been directed by the Supreme Court of India.”

6. Fact-check: Congress lies profusely in an attempt to ‘fact-check’ Piyush Goyal’s Budget 2019 speech

Acting Finance Minister Piyush Goyal presented a significant Interim Budget 2019 today where he announced numerous benefits to farmers, the middle class and MSMEs. With the various announcements that were made, it was natural for the Congress party to feel jittery about its electoral prospects ahead of General Elections later this year.

In a thread, it has made some quite a few misleading arguments to downplay the significance of Piyush Goyal’s speech.

7. Indiaspend’s faulty ‘FactChecker’ spreads fake news about Budget 2019 while ‘fact-checking’ Piyush Goyal’s speech

Today, after Piyush Goyal’s Budget 2019 speech, factchecker.in decided to ‘fact-check’ the speech, and in the process, ended up spreading fake news themselves.

In one of their tweets, they claimed that acting Finance Minister lied when he said ‘under Make in India, mobile and parts manufacturing have increased from 2 to more than 268 providing huge job opportunities’. However, FactChecker.in conveniently uses data from August 2018 to brand Piyush Goyal’s assertions as a lie. If one digs a little further, one realises that according to November 2018 data, Piyush Goyal’s assertions are right on the mark.

8. Serial petitioner advocate M L Sharma moves Supreme Court against interim budget, challenges validity

Serial petitioner advocate M L Sharma, who is known for his petitions rejected by courts, has yet another filed a PIL, and this time his target is the interim budget presented by finance minister Piyush Goyal today.

Challenging the validity of the interim budget in his petition, advocate ML Sharma had filed a petition against it at the Supreme Court saying that there is no provision for an interim budget in the constitution. He says that the budget is a fraud on the constitution.

9. Freshly upgraded by HAL, IAF Mirage 2000 aircraft crashes leaving both pilots dead

In an extremely tragic incidence, the Indian Air Force has confirmed that two senior pilots were killed after the Mirage 2000, which was on an acceptance trial after an upgrade by the HAL, crashed at the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) airport at Bengaluru this morning.

One of the pilots landed back on the wreckage after ejecting, while the second pilot died in an operation theatre. The deceased pilots have been identified as Squadron leader Sameer Abrol and Squadron leader Siddarth Negi.

10. Rahul Gandhi finally comments on Budget 2019, but not without lying and obfuscating

Congress President Rahul Gandhi lies. And he has no qualms about it. After the presentation of the interim budget earlier today, Congress President took to Twitter in an attempt to mock assured income support promised to the farmers.

11. Budget 2019: The economics governing the Interim Budget 2019

The interim budget for the year 2019 presented by the acting Finance Minister Piyush Goyal included a range of comprehensive measures encompassing all sections of the society with the aim to set the country on a robust growth trajectory. The salient features of the interim budget 2019 reinforce the government’s firm commitment to provide enhanced investment in Social, Education, Health, Defence and Agriculture sectors.

12. Budget 2019: Piyush Goyal, PM Modi hail the contributions of the middle class in country’s economy, bring tax relief

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal before announcing the sops for the middle class while presenting the interim budget for next financial year, thanked 3 crore middle-class taxpayers for their immense contribution to the nation building. He said that because of the middle class, the individual belonging to the poor and marginalised section, has access to a better way of life.

After the budget speech by Piyush Goyal, PM Modi also praised the contributions of the middle class.

Budget 2019: Direct Tax collection exceeds expectations by Rs 50,000 crore

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Budget 2019: Direct Tax collection exceeds expectations by Rs 50,000 crore

While the naysayers are busy attacking the interim budget 2019 presented by the Union Minister Piyush Goyal, in the hope to discover minor shortcomings and use it to target Modi government’s inefficiencies, a mere cursory glance at the budget reveals an astonishing increase in the Direct Tax collections in the financial year 2018-19.

Estimated at Rs 11.50 lakh crores, the direct tax collection exceeded expectations by Rs 50000 crores to reach Rs 12 lakh crores. The government had earlier determined tax collection of Rs 11.50 lakh crores which includes corporate tax and personal income tax. The government has estimated the FY 2019-20 Direct Tax collection at Rs 13.80 lakh crores, out of which it aims to raise Rs 7.60 lakh crores from Corporate Tax and Rs 6.20 lakh crores from personal Income Tax.


The government is upbeat about the estimated figures for FY 2019-20 and has therefore fixed the numbers higher than those attained in the current fiscal. In the year ending March 2019, Rs 6.71 lakh crore is estimated to be collected from corporate tax and Rs 5.29 lakh crore from the income tax.

The numbers are in stark contrast to the gloomy picture that the opposition has been trying to paint for months regarding the state of the economy. The increased corporate tax and augmented personal income tax testifies that the policies implemented by the Modi government has revved up the economic buoyancy in the country and the nation is poised to achieve higher growth trajectory in the coming years.

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