Budget fails to impress as no state-specific bounties, ‘Kashmir not even mentioned… disappointing’

With no specific announcements for Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has failed to impress people, trade and industrial bodies in the state. Unlike in the past when the Union Budget (since 2014) had announced J&K-specific projects, the last two years have seen a different trend. This year, the Budget has focused on strengthening the agriculture, rural development, health, education, employment, micro, small and medium enterprises and infrastructure sectors. “There is a lot of confusion over how the industries, especially medium, small and micro…

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