The Budget for people like them

Budget 2018 had left with more questions than answers

When the finance minister was delivering the Budget Speech on Thursday, like many others, I too was glued to the television screen all morning. Commentators on television and indeed Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself, called it a pro-farmer, pro-poor budget. All I could do was to see how it stands up in front of some of the many stories of India’s invisible majority that I’ve written about in this column recently. 

Good things first. For farmers, this budget definitely gives cause for cheer. Awarding tax free status to farmer cooperatives is a positive step, as I’ve long believed that this could