Following amendments to the bill, the total volume of the Budget is 32.59 trillion rupees.
List of major points
- GST has been increased from 15 to 16 percent.
- 61 amendments of Senate were incorporated in the budget.
- Federal minister for Law Dr Babar Awan said 161 members participated in budget’s debate.
- Total time consumed on budgets debate is 39 hours and 37 minutes.
- Opposition leader Chaudhry Nisar has said the government did not incorporate even a single amendment tabled by opposition.
- PML-N staged a walkout on budget’s voting, however, they later returned to the House.
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