{"id":25155,"date":"2017-02-01T14:27:53","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T08:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/officechai.com\/?p=25155"},"modified":"2017-02-01T14:30:05","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T09:00:05","slug":"best-jokes-indian-union-budget-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officechai.com\/office-humour\/best-jokes-indian-union-budget-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Jokes On The Indian Union Budget Of 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">When things get too technical, too financial or too boring to handle in the parliament, trust people to lighten the atmosphere on Twitter. As the Union Budget for 2017 was being announced finance minister Arun Jaitley, Twitter had its alternative version being live tweeted simultaneously. Here&#8217;s the funniest tweets on the major announcements from the Budget.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">1. On the lowered tax rate on income slab of Rs, 2,50,000 &#8211; 5,00,000 from 10% to 5%<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Budget2017?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Budget2017<\/a><br \/>10% surcharge on persons earning 50L+. It&#39;s called surcharge because when you earn over 50L, people usually call you Sir.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rameshsrivats\/status\/826693445687275520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 1, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">2. On unemployment<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/juniorbacchhan\/status\/826677448448172032<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pic1: When you get to know TAX exemption limit has been increased.<br \/>Pic2: When you realised you are still jobless <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a62gij9tbU\">pic.twitter.com\/a62gij9tbU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Viral Fever (@TheViralFever) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheViralFever\/status\/826693840241319936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 1, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">4. On middle class reactions to the Budget.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reaction of honest tax payers after watching every <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Budget?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Budget<\/a> in India. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Budget2017?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Budget2017<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dk8WOTn0xV\">pic.twitter.com\/Dk8WOTn0xV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Lying Lama 2.0 (@KyaUkhaadLega) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyaUkhaadLega\/status\/826696664991674368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 1, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">5. On the prime minister&#8217;s animated table-thumping after every point.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/sachya2002\/status\/826673893393965056<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">6. An alternative summary<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/desiboho\/status\/826664890332950528<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">7. And finally<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Singhlicious\/status\/826698919325229056<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When things get too technical, too financial or too boring to handle in the parliament, trust people to lighten the atmosphere on Twitter&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-office-humour"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ 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