'Growth' Budget gets a thumbs up from markets
Absence of new taxes, no tweaking of older ones, infrastructure capex focus, and stronger disinvestment intent boosts equity indices, with the Sensex recording its best Budget-day gains since 1997.
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February 2021
February 2020
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.
A try-hard Budget
Nirmala Sitharaman’s second Budget attempts to do too many things to boost consumption and growth but ends up falling short of expectations.
