NEW DELHI: Finance minister
Nirmala Sitharaman today presented her third Union Budget.
While Sitharaman left the I-T slabs untouched, senior citizens aged above 75 years and dependent on pension and interest income have been exempted from tax.
Sitharaman has proposed a agriculture infrastructure and development cess (AIDC) on 2.5/litre on petrol, Rs 4 on diesel.
Here is the full text of her address in Parliament: