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Budget focuses on production and Make in India, not lowering pollution

A more flexible and risk-taking government is perhaps the most important precondition for maneuvering through challenges

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and MoS Anurag Thakur arrive at Parliament to present the Union Budget 2019-20 | Photo: PTI
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and MoS Anurag Thakur arrive at Parliament to present the Union Budget 2019-20 | Photo: PTI

Laveesh Bhandari
There is an obvious rapid change in the climate; another one in technology, whether it is information, production or that of consumption.  And underlying it all is a population with a large number of youth, changes in gender parity, rising health concerns, and confusion on what human capital is required for the emerging world. 
 
The role of the government in such a world, in my mind, is to create a more flexible, and easy environment for value creation.  Now it is about creating a more flexible economy that can quickly respond to rapid changes whether they are in the
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