Highlights from #Budget2017 on Twitter
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Thursday, 2 February 2017
People flock to Twitter to get the latest on what’s happening in India and around the world, and the Union Budget 2017 was no different. We saw 720,000 Budget-related Tweets between January 30 - February 2, 2017. Here’s a snapshot of what people were saying about #Budget2017:
#BudgetForBetterIndia reforms old processes, empowers our human capital & aims to rejuvenate the economy.
— Narendra Modi ( @narendramodi) February 1, 2017
Glad the government is upping investments in solar power.
— Sorabh Pant ( @hankypanty) February 1, 2017
The sun is still the world’s cheapest power plant.#Budget2017
Much needed. 500 railway stations will be made differently-abled friendly by providing lifts and escalators: #Budget2017 #ModiNomics17
— Rahul Kanwal ( @rahulkanwal) February 1, 2017
Reaction of honest tax payers after watching every #Budget in India. #Budget2017 pic.twitter.com/Dk8WOTn0xV
— The-Lying-Lama ( @KyaUkhaadLega) February 1, 2017
Big industry not happy: Wanted a corporate tax cut. But where is incentive for honest, tax compliant citizens like you and me? #Budget2017
— Rajdeep Sardesai ( @sardesairajdeep) February 1, 2017
No big surprises in #Budget2017 .Some good corrective steps though but people who stood in lines during demonetisation were expecting more.
— Sudhir Chaudhary ( @sudhirchaudhary) February 1, 2017
#Budget2017 Summing up. No shocks, no big moves, directionally right, not too populist, fiscally sensible, focused spending in growth areas
— R Jagannathan ( @TheJaggi) February 1, 2017
Together with the Finance Ministry (@FinMinIndia), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (@MIB_India), CNBC-TV18 (@CNBCTV18News), SBI (@TheOfficialSBI), as well as Bloomberg-Quint (@BloombergQuint), Twitter provided live updates from #Budget2017, showcasing the presentation of the Union Budget and initiated conversation amongst policy makers, influencers, journalists, opinion-makers, and the public in general.
#Budget2017: FM presents the budget https://t.co/Iprm4P00mQ
— CNBC-TV18 News ( @CNBCTV18News) February 1, 2017
LIVE on #Periscope | Tax expectations from #Budget2017
— BloombergQuint ( @BloombergQuint) February 1, 2017
Join the discussion with @menakadoshi https://t.co/dC9nsko1pz
This year, Finance Minister @ArunJaitley did two Q&As on Twitter, taking questions with the hashtags #MyQuestionToFM and #AskYourFM after the Budget itself, expanding the #Budget2017 discussion with the public and gathering feedback in real-time. @FinMinIndia also posted exclusive behind the scenes peek into the highly secretive process of the making of the #Budget2017 with an autographed picture of the Finance Minister @ArunJaitley via Twitter’s Challenger app as well as a video Teaser to the Q&A session.
Ask your questions to FM using #MyQuestionToFM pic.twitter.com/SP63OwyOT8
— Ministry of Finance ( @FinMinIndia) January 31, 2017
Post your Qs on #Budget2017 using #AskYourFM & get live Ans from FM Sh @arunjaitley on #Talkathon at 6.30pm today: https://t.co/BcUOkOoHDB pic.twitter.com/ihUaEE2YrR
— MIB India ( @MIB_India) February 1, 2017
.@praneethcars #MyQuestiontoFM pic.twitter.com/ZlTjB6q73H
— Ministry of Finance ( @FinMinIndia) February 1, 2017
.@PRABHAKARMUNISH #MyQuestiontoFM pic.twitter.com/3tPWixYbXb
— Ministry of Finance ( @FinMinIndia) February 1, 2017
Live Talkathon
— MIB India ( @MIB_India) February 1, 2017
Tweet your Qns to @arunjaitley using #AskYourFM on #Budget2017 and get Ans live here https://t.co/Sq4XeaK0E9
In a first of its kind Twitter collaboration, CNBC-TV18 and SBI joined forces for the first-ever Amplify partnership in the news category for India, providing video highlights of #Budget2017 on the platform. The highly informative content approach featured #Budget2017 videos from CNBC-TV18 and pre-roll ads from SBI.
We are happy to announce our partnership with @TwitterIndia and @TheOfficialSBI for #Budget2017. Details here: https://t.co/eoF91vBjcK
— CNBC-TV18 News ( @CNBCTV18News) January 31, 2017
FM @arunjaitley: Participation of women in MNREGA has increased to 55% from 48% in the past. #Budget2017 pic.twitter.com/c7nts7HEHY
— CNBC-TV18 News ( @CNBCTV18News) February 1, 2017
FM @arunjaitley: NABARD to set up dedicated micro irrigation fund worth Rs 5,000 cr. #Budget2017 pic.twitter.com/X496UusN2I
— CNBC-TV18 News ( @CNBCTV18News) February 1, 2017
Apart from CNBC-TV18 and SBI, news partners including @BloombergQuint, @EconomicTimes, @TimesNow, @IndiaToday, @NDTV, @HtTweets, @IndianExpress, @The_Hindu, and @JagranNews — used Periscope, Twitter Polls, GIFs, Videos to build on established best practices like rich media live-Tweeting of the #Budget2017.
.@AbheekHDFCBank, Chief Economist of @HDFC_Bank, offers a no-holds-barred analysis of Arun Jaitley’s #Budget2017. Watch out. pic.twitter.com/eaR3qnOsaY
— EconomicTimes ( @EconomicTimes) February 1, 2017
Financial mood of the nation. #ITGIF pic.twitter.com/meEsy25Qet
— India Today ( @IndiaToday) February 1, 2017
WATCH | #Budget2017 will help small businesses to become competitive in the global market, says PM @narendramodi #BudgetWithNDTV pic.twitter.com/11uoWEzusx
— NDTV ( @ndtv) February 1, 2017
More than anything else, the #Budget2017 proved that when it comes to the intersection of news and government, Twitter continues to be India’s live connection to culture.
