As
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman prepares to present
her second budget, growth is decelerating sharply, revenues
are lagging behind targets, the government's off-budget
transactions that make a mockery of budget estimates
are being revealed, and ambitious plans to sell public
sector equity are proving difficult to realise.
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This
article was originally published in asiavillenews on
January 23, 2020. |
