Highlights: India unveils Budget 2019 aimed at wooing countryside, middle class before election

India on Friday unveiled an interim budget with giveaways for rural citizens and tax benefits for the middle class, in what is being seen as a critical test for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is facing anger over depressed farm incomes and unemployment with a general election just months away.

from Reuters: Money News https://reut.rs/2Tme7jv