Precursor to the Budget, the annual Economic Survey predicted that India would have the fastest growing major economy in the coming fiscal, but in penultimate year to 2019 elections and a year lined up with nine assembly elections, the questions remain what will Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's budget be like? What will be the government's priorities. The era of oil bounty seems over, how will Arun Jaitley walk the tightrope between spending to spur growth and meeting fiscal targets. We discuss this and a lot more in Budget Battleground.
