Asked To Rate Budget, P Chidambaram's Epic Response | Read

Former Finance Minister, the Congress's P Chidambaram, today gave an abysmal rating to the union budget 2020, saying the government has held onto debatable positions like "self-reliance, protectionism, control and aggressive taxation". Asked to rate the budget between 1 and 10, he said, "Ten has two digits, one and a zero...You can pick either". In his statement, Mr Chidambaram said the government "is in complete denial" that the economy faces a "grave macro-economic challenge" and the growth rate has declined in six successive quarters.