Budget 2023: Nirmala Sitharaman expresses her scheme for the middle class


Budget 2023: Nirmala Sitharaman expresses her scheme for the middle class

In less than three weeks, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget 2023, and she pledged that the federal government will continue to support the middle class. According to Sitharaman, who is from a middle-class family and is aware of the challenges they confront, the BJP-led NDA government has not yet added any new taxes for the middle class in any budget.

"I belong to the middle class & identify myself as a middle class so I can understand them. Modi govt has not levied any new tax on the middle class in any budget so far. No tax levied on people who earn salary up to Rs 5 Lakhs," said  Nirmala Sitharaman while speaking at a function organized by the Panchjanya magazine, an RSS- associated weekly.

She said the government has taken various measures like developing the metro rail network in 27 cities and building 100 smart cities to promote ease of living.

“Middle class uses public transport the most & we brought metro in 27 places. A lot of middle-class people are shifting to cities in search of jobs & we’re focusing on the goal of ‘smart cities’.We will continue our work for the middle class," said the Finance Minister.

Sitharaman will present Union Budget for 2023-24 in the Lok Sabha on February 1 amid expectations that the government will raise the income tax limit and provide relief to middle-class taxpayers, among others.