The most talked about schemes were tax rebate for income up to 5 lakh per annum, pension program for workers in unorganised sector and income support schemes for farmers.
Photo/Virat Kohli's Instagram
The Acting Finance Minister Piyush Goyal announced the Budget 2019 in Parliament on Friday. The budget caused quite a stir on social media. The most talked about schemes were tax rebate for income up to 5 lakh per annum, pension program for workers in unorganised sector and income support schemes for farmers.
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Within no time, Twitter was flooded with memes. People shared how they felt about the budget. Some joked over tax relief while others critiqued it sarcastically. Some people also said that the budget was a move of the government to get more votes in Lok Sabha elections 2019.
Here are some of the funniest ones below:
Indians : Thank you for such a fantastic #Budget2019
— Bollywood Gandu (@BollywoodGandu) February 1, 2019
Govt : pic.twitter.com/i2UCqFNcIA
.@PiyushGoyal please put additional 10% tax on Tik Tok users. Thanks. #Budget2019
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) February 1, 2019
Middle class right now. #Budget2019 #BudgetForNewIndia pic.twitter.com/NdeoInUdbC
— Akshay | à²Âu00c2u0085à²Âu00c2u0095à³Âu00c2u008dಷಯ | à¤Âu00c2u0085à¤Âu00c2u0095à¥Âu00c2u008dषय (@AkshayKatariyaa) February 1, 2019
Middle class right now. #Budget2019 #BudgetForNewIndia pic.twitter.com/NdeoInUdbC
— Akshay | à²Âu00c2u0085à²Âu00c2u0095à³Âu00c2u008dಷಯ | à¤Âu00c2u0085à¤Âu00c2u0095à¥Âu00c2u008dषय (@AkshayKatariyaa) February 1, 2019
Middle class after hearing "No income tax up to 5 Lakhs per year "#BudgetForNewIndia #Budget2019 pic.twitter.com/xdEkBOfZhO
— yogi baba (@yogi_yogibaba) February 1, 2019
Middle Class and Farmers after listening #Budget2019 #BudgetForNewIndia pic.twitter.com/R9mrZwjfRf
— Snehil Singh ðÂu00c2u009fÂu00c2u0087®ðÂu00c2u009fÂu00c2u0087³ (@snehils1994) February 1, 2019
When you're a cricket fan and your friends are doing football debate where you even don't know footballer's name except Ronaldo and Messi#Budget2019 pic.twitter.com/NtlKhi6IUS
— Ravi - The coach (@holidayshastri) February 1, 2019
.@PiyushGoyal please put additional 10% tax on Tik Tok users. Thanks. #Budget2019
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) February 1, 2019
"No tax on income upto Rs 5 lakh per annum"#Budget2019 pic.twitter.com/rG7ybK8Ncr
— Monish Hardasani (@Being__bing) February 1, 2019
#Budget2019
— Telugu SarcasmðÂu00c2u009fÂu00c2u0098Âu00c2u008eðÂu00c2u009fÂu00c2u0098Âu00c2u0089ðÂu00c2u009fÂu00c2u0098Âu00c2u0082 (@TeluguSarcasm) February 1, 2019
Income tax rebate increased upto 5 lakhs genuine salaried tax payers right now ðÂu00c2u009fÂu00c2u0091Âu00c2u0087ðÂu00c2u009fÂu00c2u0091Âu00c2u0087ðÂu00c2u009fÂu00c2u0091Âu00c2u0087 pic.twitter.com/VLkVldYgOe
So are you happy with the budget or no?
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