How India talked about the budget on Twitter

#Budget2018 results in over 14 lakh conversations on Twitter.

Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com

The Union Budget 2018, announced on February 1, seemed to have miffed more people than it pleased -- at least going by online conversation trends.

According to a trend report shared by Twitter -- which saw #CommanManKiBaat, #AntiMiddleClassBudget and similar hashtags among the top India trends on Budget day -- the micro-blogging website 'recorded over 14 lakh Budget-related conversations' between Jan 26 to Feb 2.

Twitter said, 'Conversations on Twitter lit up globally as politicians, well-known personalities, and the public took to the platform to express their opinions regarding the Budget. Soon after the Budget speech concluded, the conversations on the platform peaked at February 1st, 2:30PM with over 83,000 Tweets.

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Twitter added, 'Key topics of discussion on Twitter in India included: Healthcare, Demonetisation, Agriculture, Personal Income Tax, Infrastructure and GST.'

Healthcare topped Budget conversations on Twitter India, followed by demonetisation.

Twitter added, 'Prime Minister Narendra Modi emerged as the most mentioned personality on the platform during the #Budget2018 conversations, followed by Arun Jaitley (@arunjaitley) -- Union Minister of Finance, Amit Shah (@AmitShah) -- National President of Bharatiya Janata Party, P Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) -- Member of Parliament and former Finance Minister and Arvind Subramanian (@arvindsubraman) -- Chief Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance.'

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