The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print or online, or on social media, and are credited appropriately.
In today’s featured cartoon, Alok Nirantar takes a dig at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for the Union Budget she presented Friday.
Kirtish Bhatt, for BBC News Hindi, also takes a jibe at Sitharaman for thanking the tax-payers in her maiden budget speech. Bhatt seems to suggest that Sitharaman’s ‘thank you’ is perhaps the only takeaway for the middle-class tax-payers from the budget.
Satish Acharya weighs in on the new rule announced in the Union Budget that will require tax-payers to use Aadhaar card to file their income tax returns, instead of PAN card.
Sandeep Adhwaryu, for The Times of India, weighs in on the Modi government’s aim to make India a $5-trillion economy by 2024 through measures announced in the Union Budget.
Nala Ponnappa takes a jibe at the Modi government’s roadmap for a ‘New India’.
Hemant Morparia weighs in on the designation of Balochistan Liberation Army, which is fighting Pakistani rule in Balochistan, as a terrorist organisation by the US ahead of a meeting between American President Donald Trump and his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan on 22 July.