As finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman gets ready to present the first budget of the Modi government 2.0 after a thumping win in elections , expectations run high that it will fire up the slowing economy by unveiling bold reforms . ET takes a look at her team led by finance secretary Subhash Garg…Chief Economic AdvisorSubramanian, who obtained PhD in financial economics from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business under professor Luigi Zingales and Raghuram Rajan, will present his first economic survey on Thursday. Can he expand reliance on technology to increase tax revenues and taxpayer facilitation. He may have a bigger task with a more aggressive public asset monetisation and strategic sales. The government may continue to bank on Exchange Trade Funds (ETFs) to run a smooth show.

Source: Economic Times July 04, 2019 02:37 UTC