BJP MP Kirit Solanki on Saturday said that the BJP government was not the only one to seek funds from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and that previous governments had also done so. The Ahmedabad West MP along with fellow MP Hasmukh Patel (Ahmedabad East) was in the city for a press conference to give details about the economic initiatives of the BJP government and how it had helped the economy. He said the doing away of surcharge on capital gains, reduction of corporate tax etc will give a boost to the economy. To a question on the rising debt of the government, Solanki said that all government's have debt. He said the income tax revenue had seen a surge of 1.36% while the number of taxpayers had also gone up.

Source: dna September 30, 2019 01:07 UTC