The merger is like a divorce, property needs to be separated: Bibek Debroy

Interview with Member, NITI Aayog

On a day when the Narendra Modi-led government decided to break away from a 92-year-old tradition of presenting a separate Railway Budget, Bibek Debroy, the brain behind the move, showed confidence in the revival of the ailing national carrier. It was a committee led by Debroy, a member of the NITI Aayog, that had suggested the merger of the Railway Budget with the Union Budget. In an exclusive interview, Debroy talks to Shine Jacob about the importance of the decision. Edited excerpts:

As a person who mooted the idea of the merger of Railway Budget with the Union Budget,