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No
budget in post-independence India had been as openly
cynical about the lives of the vast masses of the working
people as the one presented on February 1, 2025. All
pundits, from the finance minister downwards, agree
that the strategy of the budget is to stimulate the
economy by boosting middle class consumption through
tax-cuts.
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This
article was originally published in the People's Democracy
on February 4, 2024.
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