Sachin Gupta, Chief Rating Officer, CareEdge Ratings, stated, "The budget is likely to focus on supporting consumption, boost manufacturing competitiveness to support job creation and tap the demographic potential, emphasis on agriculture via higher allocation for agri r&d, farmers' welfare and policy reforms, continued capex emphasis to close india's infrastructure gap in areas like power, and transportation, and fiscal discipline with focus on reducing the debt-to-gdp ratio."