BBCNEWS Business Briefing July 14, 2024
We start in india, on a huge day for this woman, finance minister nirmala sitharaman. She is the first woman to run indias finances since indira ghandi, almost half a century ago. And in the next hour or so, we will find out how she plans to reinvigorate one of the worlds biggest economies, as she delivers the first budget of Narendra Modis new government, following his landslide election victory a month ago. And there are some big challenges. Indiasjobless rate hit 6. 1 in 2018, the highest in 45 years. That means 30 Million People looking for work, and awkward questions for a Prime Minister ...