<p class="title">India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday pledged to revise income tax brackets to help the middle-class if the party retained power in an upcoming general election.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We are committed to further revise the tax slabs and the tax benefits to ensure more cash and greater purchasing power in the hands of our middle-income families," the BJP said in its election manifesto released on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India's seven-phase general election starts on April 11. Votes will be counted on May 23.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP is widely expected to win but with a smaller mandate, mainly due to a shortage of jobs and weak farm prices. </p>
<p class="title">India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday pledged to revise income tax brackets to help the middle-class if the party retained power in an upcoming general election.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We are committed to further revise the tax slabs and the tax benefits to ensure more cash and greater purchasing power in the hands of our middle-income families," the BJP said in its election manifesto released on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India's seven-phase general election starts on April 11. Votes will be counted on May 23.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP is widely expected to win but with a smaller mandate, mainly due to a shortage of jobs and weak farm prices. </p>