Letter to BS: Budget 2020 missed a golden opportunity to boost economy

It was widely expected that the Budget would be dynamic and lead to demand and investment revival

The Budget is a disappointment. The Indian economy has been spluttering for the last two years. GDP growth rates have declined from 8 per cent to about 4.5 per cent. Unemployment is running high at 6 per cent. Consumption is falling in every sector; be it cars, houses, two-wheelers etc. Companies are laying off workers in large numbers. It was thus widely expected that the Budget would be dynamic and lead to demand and investment revival. Unfortunately, the finance minister has presented a pedantic Budget, which will not provide the desperately needed stimulus to the economy. The Sensex fell by