Will Interim Budget boost economy?

Ya Nitin its just for the sake of election and not to boost the economy...

Spending on Pork will weaken the dollar and cost more job losses

Nothing is there to boost current economy. It is a short term budget for enticingthe people looking for coming central government election. It is a perfect politically influenced budget. 

I think the country expects a lot more than Income tax sops and funds for agriculture. The budget should have been more versatile.

There was nothing for realty and auto sector where there were lots of expectations. From that point of view it is a very drab and forgetful budget. There’s no excitement, But in the end the government went by the book, avoided any new big bang fiscal measure, thereby disappointing most in India Inc.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee missed out on an opportunity to provide a further boost to India's worsening economy by choosing to present an ordinary interim budget. A Part time finance Minister has done a part time work for the vote on account. In the time of global economic recession this is like a disaster. The next Budget will be presented only by June-July and hence the next 5 months are gone. Lakhs of youth are loosing jobs and no mention of that. This is sad and worrying for Indian Economy.

i Agree with akash that the budget has done nothing and as the newspaper suggests that the budget is a flat one and it has done nothing to revive the economic situation or taken any steps regarding it, and it has just concentrated on the agri sector as such, so not a very good interim buget according to me.

I agree with Akash here. Like its predecessors , Congress will give a rotten economy to the next govt (if at all they come back , they will have to clear this mess). Was watching the CNBC last nite which featured Mr Sanghvi (offical spokesperson for Congress), the overwhelming comments of the economists were the same. The core ground work for Congress dream run was done by the NDA. Congress despite such renowned name like P. Chindambram and Manmohan Singh has failed to capitalize on this good run. Normally any budget should speak about what it is intended to do in the next financial year, whereas this interim one lauds the hyped statistics of the past 4 years making tall claims but delivered nothing.I think there were no sops given for the auto, construction or any sectors because the UPA was not getting through a good bargaining with these sectors lobby for funding the forthcoming general elections. In effect it merely states its previous years achievements(!) and giving nothing to individual tax payers or to the corporates.