MUMBAI: English business news channel -- CNBC-TV18 of Network18 group held The Budget Townhall 2020 to analyse and have an open dialogue on the announcements made by the union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

The fourth edition of the townhall witnessed economic and financial stakeholders come together in New Delhi to offer their expert perspective and decode the biggest economic policy event in the country.

The townhall panel moderated CNBC-TV18’s managing editor Shereen Bhan, comprised of policy architects and financial stakeholders such as NITI Aayog chief executive officer Amitabh Kant, revenue secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey, CBIC member tax policy Dr John Joseph, CBDT chairman Pramod Chandra Mody, expenditure secretary TV Somanathan, chief economic advisor Dr. Krishnamurthy Subramanian, DPIIT chairman Guruprasad Mohapatra, DIPAM secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey, finance secretary Rajeev Kumar among others. The closing address at the townhall was given by IDFC FIRST Bank managing director and chief executive officer V Vaidyanathan.

The luminaries, together on a common platform, shared their in-depth analysis while evaluating the big-ticket announcements made across sectors.