New Delhi: Departing from the regular tradition of presenting the budget on the last working day of February, the Finance Minister will present the Union Budget on the first day of February for the first time. To decode Budget 2017, CNN-News18 and News18 India will bring rolling coverage of the Union Budget on 1st February with programming titled ‘#BudgetAfterDeMo’ on CNN-News18 and ‘Note Se Vote Tak- Budget 2017’ on News18 India.
The Budget Day telecast on both the channels will be a conclusion of a series of pre-budget shows through which the channels have been capturing the expectations and suggestions of different sections of the society. This Budget has anyways assumed great significance given that it is expected to address the fall out of and concerns around the Demonetization drive executed by the Modi government.
Join some of the country’s foremost economists/experts/analysts such as Swapan Dasgupta, Ajoy Bose, Vir Sanghvi, Shankkar Aiyar, Gurcharan Das, Ila Patnaik and Sanjaya Baru along with the country’s top anchors and reporters as they help the viewers understand key announcements included in the Union Budget and their impact on the economy as a whole and on the common men and women of the country.
Live coverage of the Union Budget 2017 on February 1st, 2017 on CNN-News18 will start at 9 AM, while the same on News18 India will start from 10 AM onwards.
