Highlights of India Today English issue dated March 02, 2015. This week's cover story, 'The great depression', shows the government's indifference to the magnitude of people suffering from depression. The issue contains stories on the crisis in Bihar along with an exclusive interview with Ram Vilas Paswan. The edition has articles on the AIB roast and media baron Venkattram Reddy's arrest. The big story, 'Test of intent', tells us how the finance minister needs to streamline taxes and devise ways to increase investment, consumption and savings. In this issue, the smart money section has four Budget 2015 special articles. Shekhar Gupta, in his column Nation Interest, writes on how in Parliament's budget session, Prime Minister Modi needs to reach out to the opposition as much as continuing to mend BJP's relations with religious minorities. Sachin Tendulkar, our guest columnist, in his article, 'Consistency is the key', writes that the win against Pakistan is the right tonic at the start of the tournament and the Indian team should take it step-by-step, focusing on the next match without thinking too far ahead. The issue has 3 free magazines - Home, Simply Punjabi and Simply Hyderabad - with it.
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