Budget 2020 was disappointing for lacking vision, says Ashima Goyal

However, the finance minister has achieved a "balancing act" through her moves, Goyal said

The Union Budget was “disappointing” as it lacked a vision, though measures like relaxing the fiscal deficit target and simplifying income tax are positives, the PM’s economic advisory council member Ashima Goyal has said.
 
Goyal, who is a part-time member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM), also said that it was a “surprise” not to have a mention of the word ‘slowdown’ in the nearly three-hour long speech by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
 
The Budget document is a “balancing act” between fiscal stimulus to drive growth and the need to be responsible on spending,