Will the Union Budget Fuel Consumption and Growth?

“Sattar minute. Sattar minute hai tumhare paas... tumse koi yeh sattar minute nahi chheen sakta.” Shah Rukh Khan’s Chak De! India speech was about seizing the moment. The Union Budget speech lasted one hour and 14 minutes—just four minutes more than his legendary monologue. But in those 74 minutes, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had the chance to change the trajectory of the economy, stock market, and household wealth. And unlike a scripted movie, here every second counted—because budgets don’t come with a second take.