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100			_aLahiri, Ashok K. _940371
245			_aElectoral cycle and the union budget 2023–24: Some departures from the past
260			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
300			_a58(12), Mar, 12-25 2023: p.18-21
520			_aThe fiscal deficit and expenditure composition in terms of revenue and capital expenditure in a pre-election budget capture the net effect of the compulsion of reducing taxes and levies, and spending more, particularly on welfare measures, partly to attract votes. An analysis of the 2023–24 budget before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections shows that the current National Democratic Alliance government has managed such compulsions better than not only the two previous United Progressive Alliance governments but even the preceding NDA government. – Reproduced
650			_aElectoral cycle, Union budget, Budget _940372
773			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
906			_aPUBLIC FINANCE
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