The overwhelming electoral mandate with which the National Democratic Alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party has returned to run the country for the next five years is a strong validation of the various transformational initiatives that were launched during its first term. The Finance Minister is in a position of strength to roll out a “tough” policy-centric budget and build further on to bring to reality the vision to make India a $5 trillion economy by 2025, and a $10 trillion economy by 2032.
In cricketing speak, the opening spell of NDA 2014-19 was the time when the government