With multitude of announcements in the farming and social sectors, the government was perhaps more constrained to make allocation to the infrastructure sector.

As Budgets go, this one has a perfect focus - alleviating rural distress.

A lot of NDAs vision for the future is similar to BJPs 2014 manifesto.

Rural development, agriculture and social pensions all found prominent mention in the Budget announcements.

Centre has directed all states to quickly identifymarginal farmers who will receive Rs 2,000 as the first installment by March-end under the income support package announced in Budget 2019.

With election nearing, BJP needed a quick fix-a maximum impact but low effort move that would appease the three target groups somewhat. And it did.

States likes like Karnataka, Orissa, West Bengal and others are likely to present populist budgets mainly targeting rural India and agriculture in the coming days.

Interim Finance Minister Piyush Goyal is likely to deliver a speech full of all the razzmatazz associated with Budgets-sops, new schemes, tax changes.