EVERYONE AROUND THE nation anticipated that the Union Budget 2023-24 would bring in numerous reforms. These included updating tax slabs, increasing value and breadth of tax-exempted investments, and providing resources for medical and related expenses. Women, students, potential homeowners and small businesses were hoping that the Budget would address their troubles caused by rising inflation, unemployment and slow growth in the global economy.
In the first Budget of the , Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman did not disappoint