BUDGET
What Budget 2024 says about the rewiring of India
In a speech lasting less than an hour – the shortest in recent memory – the FM unambiguously showcased her government’s confidence in returning to power in the general election based on its track record and not promises of freebies. In 2019, the BJP-led NDA was on the backfoot and was forced to announce a quarterly stipend for farmers and direct tax concessions for the lower middle class