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Topic2019 Union Budget

Topic: 2019 Union Budget

Rajmohan Gandhi says Modi defying Mahatma, V Kirloskar wants a ‘well-rounded’ Budget

Revathi Krishnan -
The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

In 3 months, Nirmala Sitharaman’s budget has come undone, one press conference at a time

Remya Nair -
A series of announcements that have sought to tackle slowdown and revive growth have undone some significant moves made in the Sitharaman budget.

Shamika Ravi & Rathin Roy, critics of Modi govt economic policies, dropped from PM’s panel

Remya Nair -
As PMEAC members, Rathin Roy and Shamika Ravi openly voiced concerns over some budget announcements. Roy also questioned Lok Sabha ticket to Pragya Thakur.

Nirmala Sitharaman tries to ‘feed’ an ailing economy as tax-payers only get a ‘thank you’

Soham Sen -
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Yechury, Yogendra Yadav, Scindia react to Budget 2019 & Shabana Azmi supports Mahua Moitra

Rachel John -
The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

Budget 2019: India has a law to cap fiscal deficit but UPA and NDA couldn’t care less

Suyash Rai -
No matter what the specific deficits caps, debt limits or escape clauses are, a stronger rule of law in fiscal policy is in public interest.

Narendra Modi govt can’t increase defence budget. Best it can do is go for reforms

Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) -
Instead of relying on rhetoric to justify inadequate defence budget, government must provide an outline for time-bound national security reforms

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Opinion

Why sharp selloff in Japanese bonds has a message for India’s budget

Andy Mukherjee -
Although its overall GDP will soon be bigger than Japan’s, on a per-capita basis India is still 12 times poorer.

Ursula von der Leyen’s Indian clothes vs Trudeaus? It’s cultural appreciation not performance

Arijit Singh is the bridge between 3 generations—Rafi to Ritviz

Economy

India’s looking at 14 million metric tonnes of e-waste by 2030, recycling can’t keep up—NITI Aayog

Udit Bubna -
Country's used lithium-ion battery problem is also set to grow sharply in next decade. India 3rd largest e-waste producer with 7% global share but currently recycles only about 10% of it.

Defence

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Debdutta Chakraborty -
Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

National Interest

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

Shekhar Gupta -
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.

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