Budget 2019: Key takeaways of Nirmala Sitharaman's maiden budget speech

We are well within our capacity to reach $5-trillion in the next few years, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that the country is well within its capacity to become a $5-trillion dollar economy in the next five years. 

Budget 2019 highlights: Here are the key takeaways from finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman's maiden Budget speech:

• From $1.85 trillion in 2014, the economy has reached $2.7 trillion

• We are well within our capacity to reach $5 trillion in the next few years

• Economy will grow to become a $3 trillion economy in the current year itself

• Between 2014 and 2019, we provided a rejuvenated centre-state dynamics, cooperative federalism, GST council and strident commitment to fiscal discipline

• Several