Even as the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the Union budget for the year 2017-2018 in Lok Sabha, social media platform Twitter was flooded with posts regarding what to expect this financial year.
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But as analysts and experts took to decrypting the “economic Jagran”, many of those who were watching the session live were left scratching their head as to what Jaitely was talking about and how would it impact them.
1.7 lakh people in India earn more than 50 lakhs. Disclaimer: In a month?
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) February 1, 2017
Action – Reaction#Budget2017 pic.twitter.com/35d44BCI3V
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) February 1, 2017
Rahul Gandhi right now.. #Budget2017 pic.twitter.com/cATMMBxHQO
— LolmLol (@LOLiyapa) February 1, 2017
Arun Jaitely ji, we congratulate you on this great #Budget2017 . Especially for the 48k crore allocation to MNREGA.
Regards
Dino,Uday,Abhi
— Abhishek Bachchan (@juniorbacchhan) February 1, 2017
The fact that it was the first Budget session since the old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes were rendered invalid, the understanding of India’s financial condition only became more important for the people to understand.
Representational Image. Indian Express
But even with the basic knowledge of Economics, there were many who couldn’t make head or tails of what Jaitely was saying and reacted hilariously on Twitter.
Here is what they said,
Every Year:
Pic 1: Common man before budget.
Pic 2: Common man after budget.#Budget2017 pic.twitter.com/lVc0jN67zF
— PhD in Bak*****!! (@Atheist_Krishna) February 1, 2017
#Budget2017
We propose to abolish the Foreign Investment Promotion Board.
Why?
Er… to promote foreign investment.
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) February 1, 2017
As a person whose knowledge is 0 about budgets, I’m only thankful I’m not listening to anymore of Rajiv Gandhi Falana Dhimkana Vikas Yojana.
— Dead Mau5hi (@AdvancedMaushi) February 1, 2017
Many congrats to all engineers as the MNREGA allocation has gone up to 48000 crores. #Budget2017
— The Viral Fever (@TheViralFever) February 1, 2017
Should’ve paid more attention in Economics class.
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) February 1, 2017
Sir itna paisa kaha se aayega?
— Gabbbar (@GabbbarSingh) February 1, 2017
Troubled by Jaitley constantly licking his finger before turning pages.
— Madhu Menon (@madmanweb) February 1, 2017