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Clean and transparent, sure, but was it a 'never before Budget'?
Coming in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and at a time when India's economy is witnessing an unprecedented contraction, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget 2021-22 was keenly watched for policy actions to expedite growth. Most watchers feel she presented a fairly transparent Budget, but was it truly a 'like never before' Budget, as she had previously claimed it would be? Also, Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian had said we would see both (Rishabh) Pant and (Cheteshwar) Pujara inb Sitharaman's historical Budget. What did it actually turn out to be -- a Pant Budget or Pujara Budget? Business Standard's in-house policy expert and Editorial Director A K Bhattacharya and Digital Editor Shailesh Dobhal dissect Budget 2021-22 in this insightful discussion.