New Delhi: A 20 per cent increase in duty on umbrellas in the budget has come as a shocker to people. Why umbrellas? The middle class is asking.
Journalist and activist Sucheta Dalal asked if the government thought that umbrellas were obsolete due to work-from-home.
“What does FM have against Umbrellas? Hiked tax including in accessories! Huh?? You think people can get a digital umbrella in the rains? Or not needed due to WFH so businesses may as well wind up? #MonsoonBlues being felt already,” tweeted Dalal.
What does FM have against Umbrellas? Hiked tax including in accessories! Huh?? You think people can get a digital umbrella in the rains? Or not needed due to WFH so businesses may as well wind up? #MonsoonBlues being felt already … :-))
— Sucheta Dalal (@suchetadalal) February 1, 2022
People are unable to fathom the news and are trying to digest it in a lighter vein. Here are some tweets:http://
#umbrella should i laugh pic.twitter.com/qnP24LnEwW
— Mohammad Nafees Siddiqui (@NFS664) February 1, 2022
Budget 2022: Imported headphones, umbrella, solar cells to be costlier
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Nirmal Tai be like#Budget2022#BudgetBytes #Umbrella pic.twitter.com/pxiFSqBZL3— ?Sri Sri Sri Srimad Jagatmindri MahaswamigaLu ? (@jagatmindri) February 1, 2022
வைரத்திற்கு வரி குறைப்பு.. குடைக்கு அதிக வரி.. பட்ஜெட் அறிவிப்பை விளாசி தள்ளும் நெட்டிசன்கள்! #diamond #umbrella #taxhttps://t.co/YHJi1LccKk pic.twitter.com/EBRzfuUE8t
— Oneindia Tamil (@thatsTamil) February 2, 2022
Popat Lal reaction after #umbrella #Budget2022 ?#NimmoTaiBarbadiLai #Budget #BudgetSession2022 pic.twitter.com/1lwAI4jjfE
— Ravi Shankar ?? ?? (@StubRavi) February 2, 2022
This rainy season, after watching announcement of 20% raise in duty on umbrellas !!! ??? #Budget2022 #BudgetSession2022 #Budget #BudgetWithCNBCTV18 #BudgetWithNDTV #BudgetET2022 #Umbrella https://t.co/vZY1FQa3hJ pic.twitter.com/HH0VIEPV6n
— Hydrocker (@Hyd_Rocker) February 1, 2022
