Published 00:02 IST, February 2nd 2020
Budget 2020: Manoj Joshi thanks FM Nirmala Sitharaman for THIS decision in her speech
Manoj Joshi thanked Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for announcing an increase in the budget of one of the key departments, defence forces.
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Budget 2020 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman remained the biggest talking point on Saturday. The reactions to the Budget were mixed, with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal giving it a thumbs down, while the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders hailed it. The same was the case on social media with some coming out in its support, some panning it and the rest enjoying with jokes and memes.
The film industry is known to react on any major event, but there weren’t too many reactions from the celebrities this time. One of the few to react was Manoj Joshi. The veteran actor was pleased about one major decision by the Narendra Modi government. He expressed his delight about the hike in the budget for defence forces.
The budget for the defence forces was increased to Rs 3.37 lakh crore from Rs 3.18 lakh crore last year. This consists of a capital outlay of Rs 1.13 lakh crore to purchase weapons, aircraft, warships and other military hardware. This allocation was excluding the Rs 1.33 lakh crore set aside for pensions.
Taking to Twitter, the Made in China star stated that prime importance was given to the security of the country. Joshi thanked the Minister for the decision.
Here’s the tweet:
Nirmala Sitharaman broke her own record of the longest Budget speech by clocking over 160 minutes during her address. The Minister announced numerous schemes in an attempt to boost the economy. A tweak in the taxes to be paid by tax-payers under certain income slabs, disinvestment of a part of Life Insurance Corporation of India, abolishment of Dividend Distribution Tax and an ‘optional’ tax regime were some of the highlights.
Watch the full address here:
Updated 00:02 IST, February 2nd 2020