Govt has passed the Budget "exams": Swraj Paul

London: Praising the Indian Budget, NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul on Monday said that it had got its priorities right by focussing on the rural sector and those less well-off.

"Only yesterday Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that the budget was like an exam for him. I must say that he and his Finance Minister Arun Jaitley have passed the examination very well. I compliment both of them," Paul, Chairman and Founder of Caparo Group, said in a statement here.