President of the US-India Business Council (USIBC) Atul Keshap has lauded the Indian government's interim budget and called it a "very confident" and "very pro-growth" budget. "I think it signals a real sense of optimism about the economic growth of the country. It sends a very strong signal to investors about the constancy of government policy. So I think it's very positive. And I congratulate the Finance Minister (Nirmala Sitharaman), her entire team and the government," Mr Kashyap said.