Smart Money: All about the Budget

Ahead of the Union Budget 2022, Smart Money decided to make it simple to understand, break down the basic numbers and understand what exactly is the Budget, why the Budget math matters especially at a time when there is a lethal cocktail of higher inflation, higher interest rates, a surge in crude prices and slower growth hitting global risky assets like equities? Smart Money also listed down top five things to look forward to in the Budget document this time around. Pranjul Bhandari, Chief India Economist at HSBC, has tracked the Budget for over a decade now, discussed this.