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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is flanked by junior Finance Minister Anurag Thakur as she arrives to present the budget in Parliament in New Delhi, India, Photo: Reuters
NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday unveiled the budget for fiscal 2020-21, vowing to boost the income of Indians and their purchasing power, in a bid to revive domestic economic growth that has slumped.
India estimates economic growth this fiscal year, which ends on March 31, will slip to 5% – its weakest pace since the global financial crisis of 2008-09.
These are the highlights from Sitharaman’s fiscal 2020-21 budget speech:
Publish Date : 01 February 2020 17:51 PM
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