Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday arrived at the Parliament with Union Budget 2019 documents draped in a four-fold red cloth called a 'bahi-khata' (ledger). CEA Krishnamurthy Subramanian explaining the shift from briefcase to red cloth said, "It is in Indian tradition. It symbolizes our departure from slavery of Western thought. It is not a budget but a bahi-khata."from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/2LA0EUp
