Simple things in life are the best: The lack of surprises in this budget, despite being an election year, was the best surprise. The budget focused on the long term, not the interim with special attention to key issues. The spotlight and the story focusses on enhanced Capital Expenditure & Fiscal Prudence. The welfare focus rightly targets Women, Youth, Farmers and the Poor. 

Read the Primus take with over 40 expert comments and detailed views that include Tarun Bajaj, Ex-Revenue Secretary, Government of India; Vivek Singh, Ex-OSD to Finance Minister; Dr. Amar Patnaik, Member of Parliament,  Rajya Sabha; B K Goenka, Chairman, Welspun Group; Prof. A Damodaran, Senior Visiting Professor, ICRIER; Nilaya Varma, CEO and Co-Founder, Primus Partners and Satyakam Arya, MD, Daimler India. The report can be accessed below: