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Interim budget 2019 has been mixed bag from personal finance standpoint. While there are some sops for small taxpayers, the much wanted hike in section 80C deduction limit hasn't happened.  

But, there are quite of few welcome developments on the housing front.

On this week's episode of Money Money Money, we will decode the fine print of budget 2019 with Mayur Shah, partner-EY India and Prashant Thakur, head of research-ANAROCK Property Consultants.

The Indian market on Monday is likely to track mixed global cues after the US jobs data.

Investors also remain jittery ahead of first RBI policy meeting under the new governor. At 07:30 AM, the SGX Nifty, an early indicator of the Nifty 50's trend in India, was down by 0.13 percent at 10,897, pointing to a tepid start for the Sensex and the Nifty 50.

The budget season is upon us again and as always expectations are running high as this is Narendra Modi government’s last budget before the general elections. 

While the interim finance minister Piyush Goyal will only be presenting a vote-on-account on February 1, the middle class hopes that he will ease the average tax payer’s burden buy offering more deductions and exemptions.

So what is the personal finance wish list for budget 2019 looking like and what are the areas where investors can perhaps hope for some cheer.

CNBC-TV18 discuss with Kuldeep Kumar, Partner PWC; Homi Mistry, Partner at Deloitte and Feroze Azeez, deputy chief executive officer, Anand Rathi Private Wealth.

Indian stocks looked set for a mixed start on Wednesday, tracking modest gains in Asian equities, but doubts over US-China trade truce are likely to weigh on investor sentiment. 

At 07:21 AM, SGX Nifty, an early indicator of the Nifty 50's trend in India, was slightly down by 0.02 percent at 10,691.50, indicating a mixed start for the Indian market.

Indian stocks looked set for a negative start on Tuesday, tracking Asian markets which were trading weak, as hopes of US-China trade deal were again hit after the United States charged Chinese telecom firm Huawei with bank fraud and for conspiring to steal trade secrets. 

At 07:10 AM, SGX Nifty, an early indicator of the Nifty 50's trend in India, was down 0.28 percent at 10,657.50, indicating a negative start for the Indian market.

Indian stocks looked set for a positive start on Friday, tracking cues from Asia, buoyed by gains in US technology shares, but gains are likely to be capped by worries over slowing growth in Europe and caution ahead of several key events next week including US-China trade talks. 

At 07:10 AM, SGX Nifty, an early indicator of the Nifty 50's trend in India, was up 0.37 percent at 10.926, indicating a positive start for the Indian market.

Indian stocks looked set for a positive start on Thursday on strong Asian peers after Wall Street managed to end higher. 

However, political uncertainty in the United States and worries about weakening global economic growth limited the gains. 

At 07:00 AM, SGX Nifty, an early indicator of the Nifty 50's trend in India, was up 0.37 percent at 10.881.50, indicating a positive start for the Indian market.

Indian stocks are set for a muted start to trading Tuesday as investors weighed the latest batch of headlines on global growth and trade, without any direction offered from the US markets that were shut for a holiday Monday. 

At 07:04 AM, SGX Nifty, an early indicator of the Nifty 50's trend in India, inched 0.03 percent at 10,965.50, indicating a mildly positive start for the Indian market.

The Indian market looked set to begin mixed with the investors assessing Brexit options after British lawmakers trounced Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal to pull out Britain from the European Union.

SGX Nifty, an early indicator of the Nifty 50's trend in India, was down 0.15 percent at 10,926.50 at 07:05 AM.

The Indian market is likely to have a tepid start on Thursday due to weak Asian peers as the markets awaited more clarity on US-China trade talks that raised hopes of a deal to avert an all-out trade war.

At 07:00 AM, SGX Nifty, an early indicator of the Nifty 50's trend in India, was up 0.28 percent at 10,906, indicating a mildly positive start for the Indian market.