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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her 9th consecutive Union Budget — a historic first, delivered on a Sunday 🏛️
With the vision of a “Developed & Self-Reliant India”, here’s what directly impacts your wallet and future 👇

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✅ Cancer drugs (17 types), diabetes medicine & rare disease drugs
✅ Leather products (shoes, belts, wallets)
✅ Mobile & lithium-ion batteries
✅ Air travel ✈️ (lower aviation fuel cost)
✅ Solar energy equipment & Blended CNG
✅ Imported liquor & beer (EU trade relief)

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❌ Scrap materials
❌ Domestic liquor
❌ Share market investments
❌ Minerals & raw materials

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🚧 5 New Expressways
➡️ Delhi–Varanasi
➡️ Varanasi–Siliguri
🚄 7 High-Speed Hybrid Rail Corridors
🚢 20 New National Waterways
📦 Dedicated Freight Corridor: Dankuni (WB) ➝ Surat (Gujarat)


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🏥 5 Regional Medical Hubs
🧘‍♂️ 3 Ayurveda AIIMS-like institutes
🏠 Girls’ hostels in every district for higher education
🎨 New Indian Institute of Design in Mumbai
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🌱 ₹2,000 loan support for small farmers
🐟 500 new fisheries ponds
🌰 Goal: Make Indian Cashew & Cocoa global premium brands by 2030
💡 &
🧠 Semiconductors: ISM 2.0 launched (₹400 crore allocation)
🧵 Textiles: Samarth 2.0 + National Fibre Scheme for Silk, Wool & Jute

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👉 Income tax slabs unchanged
👉 10 new provisions introduced for taxpayers