Budget 2018 Updates: Arun Jaitley In Parliament To Present First Post-GST Union Budget

Budget 2018 Updates: Arun Jaitley In Parliament To Present First Post-GST Union Budget. Financial Minister Arun Jaitley had arrived in parliament to present the Union Budget 2018-2019 at 11 am today. 

Budget 2018 Updates: Arun Jaitley In Parliament To Present First Post-GST Union Budget

Union Budget 2018-19 is the first annual budget since the rollout of GST in July 2017. IT is the Narendra Modi Government's fifth and final full budget. All eyes are on the finance minister. Individuals, businesses, and market professionals are closely watching Union Budget 2018. The economic survey had suggested that the economy should grow between 7% and 7.5% in fiscal 2019. Whether Jaitley will stay the course on the fiscal deficit or not. Continuing with the trend from last year, the Railway Budget will be included in the General Budget. GDP growth averaged 7.3% for the period between 2014-15 to 2017-18. Authorised by Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian, the survey added that there had been a significant increase in the number of indirect taxpayers following GST.