FM Arun Jaitley at Parliament House during the Budget Session. Pics/PTI

The budget was presented on Thursday, February 1, and had election written all over it. The general elections are scheduled for April-May 2019 but there is talk that they may be held earlier. Whether it would be preponed, or held as scheduled, only the ruling government knows. However, the budget had little for every one of the 98 per cent of India's population. It did not cover the remaining 2 per cent of the population who corner more than 75 per cent of the nation's wealth.