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‘Union Budget not a magic wand to turnaround economy,’ says Economist

Updated on Feb 24, 2020 12:44 am IST

India's first full-time woman Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is all set to table her maiden budget on July 5 and expectations from this budget are high. LiveMint's Shreya Nandi caught up with Devendra Pant, Chief Economist of India Ratings and Research to discuss the impending Union Budget 2019-20 and how Modi govt 2.0 could use this budget to their advantage to kick-start economic growth.

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