Four questions that explain how to read today's Budget

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the last Budget of the second Narendra Modi government today. While technicality – this is just a vote on account – suggests that this Budget is not very important, the fact that it is being presented a couple of months before the general elections makes it an extremely important political exercise. Given this backdrop how should one read today's Interim Budget? Here are four questions which can put this debate in perspective.