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.
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February 2020
Budget blues continue for markets on Monday
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.
Sovereign Fund sops likely to drive infrastructure
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.
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.
