It is very rare these days to get an epoch-making budget speech. The last one perhaps was the 1991 one, which announced the demolition of the industrial licence raj. The 1997 one, when tax rates were brought down sharply and dividend income was made tax-free, was a strong contender, too. Economic policymaking is a continuous... read full story
"If you need food for the next year, you plant some rice. If you want to provide for the next ten years, you need to plant a tree. But for securing your next hundred years, you educate a child."