00814pab a2200169 454500 180718b2004 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Bagchi, Amiya Kumar Neo-liberal reforms with cosmetic changes? 2004 p.3572-574. 7 Aug The budget is an attempt to endow the reforms initiated in 1991, and carried further by Chidambaram in his earlier incarnation as union finance minister, with a human face. But the humanity of the face crumbles as we examine the details of the budget; what shines out is the greedy grin of the operator in the stock market superimposed on the satisfied smile of the leaders of India Inc. - Reproduced. Economic reform Budget Economic and Political Weekly 62149 62149 62149 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 39, Issue no: 32 AR62599 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR