The tone was set with the FM exulting India’s ascent to the top five economies in the world, touching a GDP of $2.75 trillion. The budget shared a vision for India to become a $5 trillion economy by 2025 and then laid out a roadmap for achieving the same. The FM addressed an entire spectrum of issues starting from infrastructure, lending, employment and education & skill development to boosting startups and MSMEs. By addressing issues related to a slowing economic momentum the government has shown a strong intent to spur growth and productivity in the country. While there are a few minor irritants in terms of the proposal to increase the float of publicly traded companies from the current 25% to 35%, making buybacks taxable and increasing the surcharge on income above Rs 2 crore to 18%, the overall takeaways have been positive.