New Delhi Feb 1 (IANS) In the run up to the Union Budget Twitter witnessed a surge in budget-related conversations garnering over 240 000 tweets in January which is twice the volume than in December last year the company said on Thursday.
Twitter also announced that a series of live activations for the #Budget2018 with the Ministry of Finance (@FinMinIndia) would stream highlights on the platform.
Over the next two days people will be able to watch the #Budget2018 speech from Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (@arunjaitley) participate in the live Q&A with the Minister at #AskYourFM and join in the budget verdict discussions on Twitter.
"Twitter is the best and fastest place to see what s happening in India and around the world. #Budget2018 is an important national conversation and we are proud to live stream the updates on Twitter and propel the discussion on the platform " said Amrita Tripathi News Partnerships Twitter India.
People who prefer a more data-friendly way to access the #Budget2018 conversation can follow the hashtags and accounts via Twitter Lite (mobile.twitter.com).
Twitter Lite is a data-friendly mobile web experience where users will be able to get the same real-time updates on #Budget2018 with click-to-play options for videos and images.
People can search #Budget2018 #Budget #UnionBudget2018 #UnionBudget #GST among others to follow the budget related posts and conversations.
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