Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the first budget of Modi 2.0 government at 11 am today. Leading to expectations of a stimulus for a sluggish economy, growth has slowed down to a five-year low of 5.8%. The middle-class, on the other hand, is also expecting income tax relief from the union budget 2019.
Sitharaman, the second finance minister after Indira Gandhi, to present the budget, may have to do a tightrope walk balancing the needs of the economy and fiscal constraints in the budget.
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