Steno Patna Civil Court Steno Dictation No. 515

But the moot question remains the same as to where are the savings and how an ordinary man will make savings when service tax has been increased and a sword of 2 per cent less cess for clean India still hangs on their heads? The increase of 2 per cent in the service tax, which comes to 14 per cent has created ripples of unhappiness among the middle class. Sir, can the Finance Minister say that only the rich people use petrol and go to restaurants? Do the people of lower middle class not use two-wheelers for going to jobs and whether they can not afford to go to some low costing restaurant for celebrating their family functions? Then how this Budget is for common man is not understandable. On the contrary in this Budget, corporate tax is proposed to be reduced by 5 per cent during the next 4 years. This is a very meaningful thing.