With all this spending, how will Jaitley make up the fiscal deficit shortfall?

Jaitley has promised to meet the ambitious target of 4.1% that Chidambaram set in March, but he's being rather optimistic.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Jul 12, 2014 · 07:40 am

The best and the worst: 10 highlights of the budget

What will be cheaper and what will be more expensive?

Sahil Bhalla

· Jul 11, 2014 · 09:06 am

Why India's national finances should terrify you

The nation has been living beyond its means, year after year.

John Samuel Raja D, qz.com

· Jul 11, 2014 · 08:27 am

Out with Nehru-Gandhi names for government plans and in with icons of the Right

Not just the Congress can play the yojana name-game.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Jul 11, 2014 · 08:17 am

Why raising the price of cigarettes will do little to discourage most Indian smokers

Only households in the country’s top 5% income-bracket have higher cigarette consumption than beedis.

Sahil Bhalla

· Jul 11, 2014 · 08:02 am

In 18 years, a generation has come of age but India's budget priorities remain the same

Five charts tracking the big-ticket expenditures of the vital first-year budgets of five governments.

Mridula Chari

· Jul 11, 2014 · 07:48 am

Rs 200 crore for the Sardar statue is less than a tenth of the total amount it needs

But there is perhaps a more pressing problem: sourcing material.

Mridula Chari

· Jul 10, 2014 · 02:05 pm

Here are the lucky beneficiaries of Arun Jaitley's Rs 100-crore club

Where else will you see the beti bachao beti padhao yojana sitting next to a study looking into linking all of India's rivers?

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Jul 10, 2014 · 01:44 pm

Five policy signals to look out for in Modi sarkar's first budget

The finance minister has promised fiscal prudence over mindless populism, but it remains to be seen what exactly that will mean.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Jul 06, 2014 · 06:00 am