Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman appears to have successfully demonstrated a long-term commitment of reining in the fiscal deficit in the Interim Budget announcement for FY24/25. There is always a chance of fiscal slippage as the general election nears, but recent success in hitting deficit targets suggests the risk is smaller than has been the case previously.
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