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In today’s featured cartoon, Alok Nirantar takes a jibe at the Union Budget, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Saturday, and its failure to announce any major economic reforms to tackle the economic slowdown.
Arindam Mukherjee borrows from a popular television ad of a bathing soap to denote the sops in Sitharaman’s budget.
Mika Aziz illustrates the tightrope that Sitharaman was walking while presenting the budget.
Manjul comments on the recently released Economic Survey 2019-20, which projected growth at 6-6.5 per cent in the next fiscal.
Sajith Kumar also takes a dig at the Economic Survey, and Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian, for blaming global economic slowdown for the problems plaguing India. Ironically, in January, International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Gita Gopinath had blamed the Indian economy for the global economic slowdown.
Satish Acharya illustrates the two important events of the week — Union Budget for the ailing economy and the shooting at Jamia Millia Islamia.
In light of President Ram Nath Kovind stating that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) fulfils Mahatma Gandhi’s wishes, Kirtish Bhatt asks a serious question — did he want demonetisation and GST as well?