The union budget has to be presented in July, giving the new finance minister a very short time to take key decisions on taxes, expenditure and borrowing.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
The writer has pointed out various areas Finance Minister has to look into.But the “economist”has not given any suggestions or solutions.
One would place the odds of a brave new path being charted on the economy as no more than fifty fifty.