India, Jan. 30 -- Economic policy talk reaches a crescendo around the Union Budget in India. Is this justified? How consequential is the budget as far as the overall economy is concerned? Has its importance been rising or falling? What is more important in the budget: its overall spending or the composition of spending? These are questions worth engaging with as we prepare for the 2025-26 Budget.

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