NIRMALA
Sitharaman’s first Budget, the first under Narendra Modi 2.0, was both praised
and criticised by economists and experts. Some gave it thumbs up, others thumbs
down. But what most failed to grasp was this was a typical ‘Dhanda’ Budget, a
policy document to clear away the cobwebs that hinder the businesses of
traders, small and medium firms, and foreign investors. It was a nuts-and-bolts
budget, a nitty-gritty one, to make life a bit easier for these stakeholders.
In effect, Narendra Modi hopes to transform India into a land of billion
entrepreneurs. Remember his interview to Zee News, where he said that the
pakoda-wala outside the TV channel’s office was profitably employed. Budget
2019 hopes to encourage entrepreneurship and self-employment to create hundreds
of millions of jobs.
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