Content from the Brookings Institution India Center is now archived. After seven years of an impactful partnership, as of September 11, 2020, Brookings India is now the Centre for Social and Economic Progress, an independent public policy institution based in India.
Brookings India scholars Subir Gokarn, W.P.S. Sidhu and Shamika Ravi share their reactions to India’s Minister of Finance Arun Jaitley’s maiden union budget, examining strengths, missed opportunities and the road ahead.
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Commentary
Op-edBrookings India Scholars React to the 2014 Union Budget
July 11, 2014