Chennai, Feb. 1 -- "Income Tax slab rationalisation will put more money in the hands of people and is likely to increase affordability and boost consumption.

Reacting to the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Ms Nirmala Sitharaman, Sundaram Home Finance (SHF) MD D Lakshminarayanan said increasing exemption for 2 houses as self-occupied is a move to reduce tax impact and will lead to increased investments including in housing.

Wheels India MD Srivats Ram said, "Capex at Rs 10.18LCr is a big positive and will have a multiplier effect both upstream and downstream.

Tackling inverted duty structure benefitting EV, electronics and batteries, the changes in the income tax slab and exemptions are good initiatives that are like...