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Vivek Kaul

What the Finance Minister’s budget speech tells us – and what it doesn’t

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her sixth budget today. It was an interim budget, with the full budget being due once the next government is elected after the Lok Sabha polls, which should happen in April and May.

A significant part of the budget speech was dedicated to promoting the idea of how all is better under the current government. Sitharaman offered a few data points to buttress her claims.

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