The Budget Builders: Meet the people shaping India's Union Budget this year

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman prepares to present her eighth budget on February 1, aiming to boost growth and balance competing demands. Key officials shaping the budget include Finance Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey, Chief Economic Adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran, and Expenditure Secretary Manoj Govil, focusing on fiscal consolidation, subsidy rationalization, and reforms to spur economic growth and stability.