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Tax exemption up to Rs 12 lakh a booster for consumption-led growth

New Delhi, Feb 1: "Just as living beings live expecting rains, citizens live expecting good governance". With these words, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday proposed an across-the-board change in tax slabs and rates to benefit all taxpayers, especially the middle class. Approximately Rs 1 lakh crore will be made available in the hands of the taxpayers by virtue of changes in slab, rates and rebate.