You are going to read a text about budget. Some sentences are missing from the text. Choose from the list (A-C) the most appropriate sentences to complete the text. There is also an extra sentence that you do not need to use.

Typically, first budgets tend to be lacklustre as an incoming government is in the process of finding its feet. 1) ___________. It, therefore, needs to depart from standard practice of governments — which treat budgets as an exercise in distribution of spoils with over-the-top spending programmes trying to boost demand for a chosen few — and address the supply side. In the absence of supply-side reforms, temporary boosts in demand through government spending only lead to higher inflation. 2) _________. 

A. However, the Narendra Modi government has come in on a big mandate and promise of transformational change.

B. For sure, Jaitley will have to strike a fine balance on tinkering with taxes while trying to keep fiscal deficit under check. 

C. Finance minister Arun Jaitley’s maiden budget should be judged by its vision on supply-side reforms

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1B 2C
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1A 2C
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1C 2A
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1A 2B

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