Budget 2021-22: the real test has just begun
Budget 2021-22: the real test has just begun July 4, 2021 Governments usually breathe a sigh of relief once the annual budget is passed. Yet even though this year’s finance bill was accepted without much opposition from opposition benches when it finally came time to vote, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin wouldn’t be as relieved as usual just yet. The reason, of course, is that the real test has just begun. Because the government now has two months to impress the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with the sudden turn around to a very expansionary fiscal policy, failing which it will most li...