When the middle class takes centre stage

While the tax slabs may be reasonable, many exemptions have become anachronisms - they don't reflect the reality when we take into consideration the cost of inflation

Typically, ahead of the Union Budget, this column deals with the likely government borrowing in the next financial year and its impact on bond yields. Instead of walking the well-trodden path, let me focus on something else.

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