India, Feb. 2 -- A Budget for the real economy. Welcome increase in defence spend. Broad fiscal discipline continues. Works on balancing between financialisation of the economy, and focused development of diverse, deep India long term

Uday Kotak, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Founder & Director

A growth-oriented Budget, with a clear focus on increasing public capital expenditure and boosting manufacturing. It is a Budget which creates opportunities for youth to improve their livelihoods, women to become financially independent and for employment-intensive sectors like medical tourism to take off.

Anil Agarwal, Vedanta Group Chairman

This Budget focuses on enhancing India's competitiveness in the world, takes meaningful steps towards atmanirbha...