Chandigarh, Feb. 19 -- Just ahead the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal on Monday made sure that the budget was not taxing for the common man. Claiming "improved" fiscal indicators, Manpreet loosen his purse strings to announce slew of new schemes and initiatives covering almost all sections of the society in virtually populist budget, without imposing any new taxes.
With main focus of his Rs 1,58,493 crore budget on agriculture and allied activities, Manpreet announced loan waiver for the families of farmers who have committed suicide because of mounting debts along with the landless farmers in the next phase making an allocation of Rs 3000 crore for the purpose.
Manpreet said that the "effective budg...