India Edition

Go Shopping, Modi Tells Indians

Finance Minister shifts emphasis to consumption while narrowing budget gap

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, foreground, and other members of India’s finance ministry head to parliament to present the budget in New Delhi.

Photographer: Prakash Singh/Bloomberg

Welcome to a bonus India Edition on the national budget presented in Parliament just hours ago.

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