Definitely a consumption Budget: Nirmala Sitharaman
Through an outreach programme after the Budget, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman explains how her Budget proposals would aid economic growth while remaining fiscally prudent.
Through an outreach programme after the Budget, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman explains how her Budget proposals would aid economic growth while remaining fiscally prudent.
Following Saturday’s 987.96-point fall, the S&P BSE Sensex closing at 39,872.31, just 136.78 points higher, on Monday shows that the markets are still unhappy with the Budget.
The finance minister announced several details in the Budget to enable the execution of the ₹100-lakh crore infrastructure outlay that Narendra Modi had unveiled in August.
Nirmala Sitharaman’s second Budget attempts to do too many things to boost consumption and growth but ends up falling short of expectations.