{"id":18996,"date":"2019-04-08T15:28:01","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T07:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=18996"},"modified":"2019-04-08T15:46:56","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T07:46:56","slug":"indias-ruling-bjp-says-to-revise-income-tax-brackets-if-re-elected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=18996","title":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s ruling BJP says to revise income tax brackets if re-elected"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/~\/media\/online\/2019\/04\/08\/07\/22\/20190408t072017z_1_lynxnpef370hd_rtroptp_4_indiaelection.ashx\/?w=620&amp;h=413&amp;crop=1&amp;hash=BBDF0742EF3D0537704D80195B214C17E1901F9C\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NEW DELHI, April 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; India&#8217;s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday pledged to revise income tax brackets to help the middle-class if the party retained power in an upcoming general election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We are committed to further revise the tax slabs and the tax benefits to ensure more cash and greater purchasing power in the hands of our middle income families,&#8221; the BJP said in its election manifesto released on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BJP to scrap a decades-old law providing special rights to the residents of Jammu and Kashmir state, according to the manifesto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We believe that Article 35A is an obstacle in the development of the state,&#8221; the party&#8217;s manifesto said of the law that prevents non-residents from buying property in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Political leaders in Muslim-majority Kashmir, where India is fighting an armed insurgency against its rule, have warned repealing the law would lead to widespread unrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India&#8217;s seven-phase general election starts on April 11. Votes will be counted on May 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi&#8217;s BJP is widely expected to win but with a smaller mandate, mainly due to a shortage of jobs and weak farm prices. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI, April 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; India&#8217;s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday pledged to revise income tax brackets to help the middle-class if the party retained power in an upcoming general election. &#8220;We are committed to further revise the tax slabs and the tax benefits to ensure more cash and greater purchasing power [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":9030,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[215],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18996"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}