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A more credible Union Budget

By bringing large off-balance sheet expenditures back into official spending plans and setting more realistic targets for revenues, the Finance Ministry has presented a more credible Union Budget for FY21/22 than has been the case for several years. While we think that there will still be a bit of fiscal slippage next year, that won’t be accompanied by a surge in bond yields.

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