
NEW DELHI -- Amid a slowing economy, rising inflation and massive anti-government protests, the government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to present on Saturday its budget for the fiscal year beginning April with a crucial task at hand: revive demand to spur economic growth.
It will not be easy. "Given the fiscal constraints, the options are very limited," Sunil Kumar Sinha, principal economist at the Fitch Group's local arm India Ratings and Research, told the Nikkei Asian Review.