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Open Budget Index

Shed the Veil

It is indeed shocking that a document as important as the budget that sets the developmental course of a nation for the next one year is enveloped in such a thick veil of secrecy that even those who prepare it cannot be trusted to interact with outsiders during its making. Gone are the days when the budget used to throw surprises in tax rates in respect of income and commodities which perhaps justified such secrecy. The budget is now watched primarily for the expenditure proposals including new government schemes for which transparency rather than secrecy is much more desirable