new delhi finance minister nirmala sitharaman thursday advert governance efforts control onion prices also schemes free cooking gas poor women financial inclusion programme jan dhan yojana counter opposition barbs remark coming family debate rajya sabha taxation laws amendment bill supercede ordinance promulgated september offering corporate tax rate cuts nirmala attacked opposition parties sympathetic woes common man faced brunt stiletto heel onion toll recent alsogovernment clueless economy p chidambaram government clueless economy stubborn mulish defending catastrophic mistakes like demonetisation flawed gst said former jointure finance minister p chidambaram thursday also mentioned dr arvind subramanian caption said government ofresponding literary criticism said comment coming kin much onion carry reply lok sabha articulation steps have government tackle surge onion prices including rushing truck loads different states criticism economy welcome political science continuously responding formulate post tread taken english hawthorn like may like may think passable inadequate quite willing buy allegation government elitist free lpg connection scheme ujjaala elitist january dhan yojna elitist prime minister awas yojana elitist ayushman bharat elitist took excavate former finance minister p chidambaram reported response cost rise statement given people accuse elitist talking onions sent different states government effort statement given sir price rise richly without key chidambaram said would like recall statements peerless former finance ministers price turn out issue referring price rise food inflation touching sky india among fragile five economies world quote sir urban middle class buy bottle mineral water rs ice cream rs make noise price rise people accusing elitist government elitist absolutely condemn come on today chidambaram quipped eat avocado asked comment nirmala sitharaman comment family use up onion press conference later chidambaram articulate scuttlebutt finance minister sarcastic sarcastic quoting planned advance orient importing onion arrive finance minister says eat onion plant shows outlook government made point of reference decisions made chidambaran finance minister sought justify rollback higher surcharge levied foreign portfolio investors maiden without naming chidambaran said fringe benefits tax tax cash withdrawal bank accounts brought rolled back severally drawing money accounts revenue enhancement going levied former finance minister scholar economic science talks finance great authority introduced said rajya sabha approved voice vote taxation laws amendment measure replaces taxation laws amendment ordinance promulgated september cut base corporate tax amendment carries negative list industries qualify let down tax rate meant construct companies set october begin production negative list includes electronic computer software development mining printing books manufacturing per se minister september announced lowering nucleotide corporate tax rate per cent per cent troupe seek exemptions reduced rate new manufacturing accompany per cent per cent including surcharges cesses levy en masse raise funds specific purposes effective corporate tax rate dangle nearly percentage points per corporate tax cut followed measures government prop slowing gross domestic product growth adopted since may general elections include efforts reduce red taping supercharge foreign direct investment fdi plans consolidate replying question raised ncp lawmaker supriya sule lok sabha wednesday sitharaman said eat much allium cepa allium sativum come family much onion sitharaman made comment eating habits debate house onion price rise across