Nirmala Sitharaman presented her seventh consecutive Union Budget earlier this week, a new record. Today, the Finance Minister, in an exclusive interview to NDTV's Editor-in-Chief Sanjay Pugalia, answers the questions that have been making the headlines since the budget was unveiled and more.
Here are the top quotes from the interview:
* This budget offers a comprehensive package for youth development
* Our intent is to indicate a soft-touch regulatory approach
* To reduce debt, burrowing is not a great way. Even if you are borrowing, increase assets. Debt should be reduced without affecting the growth
* States are receiving allocations as they have in the past. No state is being left behind
* We are focusing on technology and innovative town planning to make existing cities more livable and futuristic
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