Budget speech 2017
Budget 2017-2018 Speech of Arun Jaitley Minister of Finance February 1, 2017 Madam Speaker, On this auspicious day of Vasant Panchami, I rise to present the Budget for 2017-18. Spring is a season of optimism. I extend my warm greetings to everyone on this occasion. 2. Madam Speaker, our Government was elected amidst huge expectations of the people. The underlying theme of countless expectations was good governance. The expectations included burning issues like inflation and price rise, corruption in day to day transactions and crony capitalism. There was also expectation for a major change in the way the country’s natural resources were allocated, processed and deployed. 3. In the last two and half years, it has been our mission to bring a Transformative Shift in the way our country is governed. We have moved ï‚· from a discretionary administration to a policy and system based administration; ï‚· from favouritism to transparency and objectivity in decision making; ï‚· from ...