The 2020 Budget speech

The finance minister will present her first full Budget on February 1. This is the speech I wish to hear

“Mr Speaker, as I rise to present the Budget for 2020-21, I am first greatly mindful of the long-term destiny of our country. India has been one of the world’s 10 best-performing economies in the last 25 years, and we can be for the next 25 years too. Without question, the current economic slowdown with growth under 5 per cent is the greatest concern of our government, and this Budget takes much further the steps underway to bring about a rapid, deep, and sustained recovery that will seed the sources of growth for the next 25 years.  Second, I greatly