Budget 2020: Prakash Javadekar hints at 'action plan' for economic revival

Markets to open for regular trading on February 1

Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday said the government would unveil its “plan of action” in the Budget to boost the economy, which is grappling with a slowdown. The Budget is scheduled to be presented on February 1. 

The economy is on the path of revival and nobody should have a pessimistic view about it, said Javadekar said in response to a query about the downward revision of India’s growth rate by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He was speaking at a press briefing here on Wednesday after a Union Cabinet meeting. He said: “From the Union Budget, you