The Great Indian Budget: How the Government of India Spends Your Money

Subhash Chandra Garg

One document decides your taxes, your grocery bill, your job security and your EMIs. Yet almost no one understands how it is made. This book fixes that.

Subhash Chandra Garg, India’s former Finance Secretary and Economic Affairs Secretary, has spent years inside the room where the Union Budget is actually made, long before it reaches the floor of Parliament. In The Great Indian Budget, he pulls back the curtain on the Finance Ministry’s midnight meetings, the fine print that moves markets, and the tug of war between political compulsion and fiscal arithmetic where a few crores here or there can reshape millions of lives.

Garg explains the country’s budget for the average citizen, who is also a crucial stakeholder in it. So if you are a taxpayer, a student, an entrepreneur or just someone who has wondered why prices shift every February, this book is for you.

Part insider’s memoir, part masterclass in public finance, The Great Indian Budget is the definitive guide to the numbers that govern every Indian’s life.