‘People’s strength soul of budget’: Nirmala’s interview after debut Budget

Soon after presenting her first Union Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman explained in detail the philosophy behind the document in an interview. While speaking to DD News' Ajay Mishra and Mint's Managing Editor Anil Padmanabhan, she said that the soul of the budget was people's strength. The government has articulated the budget's focus to be on 'gao, gareeb aur kisaan', which means villages, impoverished and farmers.