PF tax issue to be addressed during Budget discussion: FM

Update: 2016-03-02 20:15 GMT

<o:p> </o:p>"We are seized of the problem. I will address it during the Budget discussion," Jaitley said.

<o:p> </o:p>He was responding when TMC members raised the issue soon after the question House with Saugata Roy demanding that Jaitley, who was in the House, make an immediate announcement.

<o:p> </o:p>TMC leader Sudip Bandhyopadhyaya said the Budget proposal to tax the EPF has caused nation-wide concern.

<o:p> </o:p>Jaitley had spoken on similar lines earlier in the day at a meeting organised by industry chambers and said he will spell out the final decision on the matter when he speaks during the debate on Budget in Parliament.

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