On 23 July 2024, Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Budget for Fiscal Year 2024-2025. Presented as the first budget in the newly elected National Democratic Alliance government, this budget brought to the forefront the dynamics of coalition politics and shed light on new schemes for employment and more- in short- providing a statement by the newly-elected government on its way forward for the next year. To help deconstruct the Indian budget, Ms Devyani Chaturvedi, Research Analyst, ISAS, is in conversation with Dr Amitendu Palit, Senior Research Fellow and Research Lead (Trade and Economics), ISAS, to discuss various social, political and geo-economic aspects of the budget along with delving into the announcements made in it.