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Next budget to benefit common people: VC Niti Aayog
New Delhi, Jan 8 (ANI): A conference is scheduled to be held by policy think tank Niti Aayog on January 10. Several leading economists will participate and give their views on ruling Government's last full time budget before 2019 general assembly elections. Vice Chairman of Niti Aayog Dr. Rajiv Kumar said the agenda of the meeting is to get views of the leading economists for making the budget relevant for economic activity of the country. Praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kumar said populist budgets are never exercised for seeking votes by the current government. The next budget will be in favour of the common citizens of the country, he added.