INDIA HAS A COALITION government at the Centre after a decade. The Narendra Modi-led NDA government has taken charge with the BJP keeping all key ministries, including defence, home and finance. What can one expect in the first-ever coalition Union Budget under third-time Prime Minister Narendra Modi? What could be the pulls and pressures of laying a Union Budget in a coalition government?Fortune India conducted a pre-Budget discussion with some of the brightest economic minds on what to expect in the Budget from Modi 3.0. The panel comprised Subhash Chandra Garg, former finance and economic affairs secretary, Government of India, and chief policy advisor, Subhanjali, an advisory firm; Ashwani Mahajan, national co-convener, Swadeshi Jagran Manch; Suneeta Reddy, MD, Apollo Hospitals; Amitabh Dubey, in-charge, research and monitoring, All India Congress Committee (AICC) communications department; N.R. Bhanumurthy, vice-chancellor, Dr BR Ambedkar School of Economics University, Bengaluru;...
