Warts and all, though, this budget is probably the best one produced by the NDA so far. That it needed a pandemic to have a growth budget is what makes it special.

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Nirmala Sitharaman’s third budget may or may not live up to its once-in-a-century label. But there is little doubt that it is her best so far. Tough times have brought out the best in her and the Modi government.

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