India

Less bang more stuff

John Samuel Raja D

If the first Budget after a strong mandate is one for big ideas and agenda setting, how does Jaitley’s 2014 Budget compare with Pranab Mukherjee’s 2009 one?

Master of detail

Ullekh NP

How the Finance Minister drafted his first budget and his own indispensability to the Modi agenda

In a manner of speaking

Open

Jaitley mentioned the word cities 17 times, underscoring his Prime Minister’s vision of smart cities

Change without noise

PR Ramesh

A Budget that captures the spirit of Modi’s modernisation

The Right ACT

Dhiraj Nayyar

Arun Jaitley’s maiden Budget lays the foundation for growth on the wreckage left behind by his predecessor

For direction, wait for the next Budget

Kunal Sen

On the whole, the Budget 2014 looks remarkably similar to what the UPA government may have presented if it had returned to power

The Indian nurse stands by the side of the wretched and the remote, from Saudi Arabia to Senegal. With the world’s attention on the 46 nurses who returned home last week, India’s Nightingales continue to fly to foreign shores