The annual Budget session in India (and in other parts of the globe too) is keenly awaited, analyzed, and discussed. Many eager eyes are glued to the screens. Experts and media, sharing the views of all categories, are consulted and represented. Popular newspapers, especially business dailies, are referred and quoted.
Let us take a leading financial daily, The Economic Times (ET), for example. ET has published many articles about the Budget. Many non-subscribers also purchase copies of the newspapers to better understand the Budget.
Even the quotes used by the Finance Minister in her Budget speech find discussion-
In her shortest-ever Budget speech, Nirmala
Sitharaman invokes ‘Mahabharata’, says tax collection in line with ‘dharma’ :
While the current Budget’s speech quote references are written about, past Budget quotes are also shared as has been done in the news reports published this year.