Lack of jobs has begun to hurt India like never before, but most better-informed Indians don't want it to be Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman 's overriding priority. LTCG tax continues to rankle badly, but India wants Sitharaman to focus on another tax matter first. Does it mean Sitharaman has no choice but to finally bring in the hard, painful reforms? Here's what ET readers think.While the seriousness of India's jobs problem is beyond all doubts now, survey respondents think this budget's top priority should be on pushing broader economic growth first.In answer to 'What would you like the Budget's top focus to be? Agriculture drew 29% backers.The rest of the participants were divided between skilling (18.7%) and climate/environment (15.9%)*This is an ET.Com online survey.

Source: Economic Times July 02, 2019 05:48 UTC