To pamper NAC, tax the people

The Finance Minister makes a rambling speech, concluding with a verse from the Greats, which leaves most MPs (and, for that matter, TV audiences) completely weary. However, a ripple of excitement is felt in the Treasury benches the moment the Finance Minister announces that the allotment for a welfare scheme, invariably named after one or the other member of the Nehru-Gandhi family, has been increased by a few hundred crores. The message is received by an enthusiastic thumping of desks and much happiness.

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