AWAKENINGS

This budget was the 6th union budget for Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and  by this, she had set a record by presenting six Budgets in a row — five annual Budgets and one interim — a feat achieved so far only by former Prime Minister Morarji Desai. The interim budget – a short-term financial plan – seeks Parliament’s nod for a grant in advance to meet the government’s essential expenditure for the first four months of the new financial year. With confidence, Nirmala Sitharaman said that the full-fledged budget will be presented by the Modi Government after getting the people’s mandate for the third term in succession. The goal was already set by the Modi Government to make India ‘Viksit Bharat’ (meaning developed India’ by 2047 and hence the next 23 years with 23 full-fledged budgets the Modi Sarkar is confident of achieving “Prosperous Bharat in harmony with nature, with modern infrastructure, and providing opportunities for all citizens and all regions to reach their potent...