New Delhi, Jan. 26 -- These winter months are turning out to be a season for deal-making, corporate or geopolitical.

The annual deal-making Davos conference kicked off on 20 January, the same day a self-appointed deal-maker was sworn in as the next president of the United States.

India observes an annual deal-making day on 1 February every year when the finance minister presents the budget.

The budget is technically supposed to be a dull accounting statement but, by default, has become India's annual economic statement; in reality, it has always striven to strike deals between various sections of society through budgetary allocations and tax breaks.

Given the deal blizzard that has welcomed 2025, it will be interesting to see the deal...