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The right act

Arun Jaitley's budget of understatement

03 Jul, 2014 - 10 Jul, 2014
Vol 06 | Issue 28

STORIES IN THIS ISSUE

The Supreme Court slams Sharia courts

Open

OP Dhankar, BJP leader

Open

The apologetic shepherd

Lhendup G Bhutia

Can a phrase be someone’s private property?

Lhendup G Bhutia

“The Budget places a lot of emphasis on reviving the manufacturing sector”

Ullekh NP

Gita Gopinath, professor of economics at Harvard University, spoke to Open on the first Budget presented by the Narendra Modi government

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

One+One=A Bigger One

S Prasannarajan

Now with Shah in the party headquarters and Modi in South Block, there is harmony between the organisation and the Government

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