Kumar Mangalam Birla

One of the key characteristics of this Budget appears to be a focus on systems thinking. It is clear that the government wants to build infrastructure with integration across regions and sectors

The budget underscores the government's belief that infrastructure is the bedrock of sustained growth

The government's focus on employment and skilling is at the heart of this ambitious plan

The finance minister has once again done a stellar job of supporting growth whilst maintaining fiscal pragmatism

The finance minister brought to the fore - bold, ambitious and unconventional thinking, writes Birla

We will look back at the year not so much for the memories it helped us create, as for the new tangents and angles it forced on the arc of our recent history