The upcoming Indian budget will definitely be populist, believes Ramya Suryanarayanan, economist at DBS Group Research. But she tells CNBC's Chloe Cho & Rebecca Meehan that the budget's emphasis may be more on intent, rather than actual steps.

Over the next 2-3 years, Frederic Neumann, senior Asian economist at HSBC sees an incipient asset bubble forming in Asia. He tells CNBC's Amanda Drury that this will be a region-wide phenomena.

Leverage is everything, says Paul Schulte, MD at Nomura International. He speaks to CNBC's Amanda Drury & Martin Soong about how the shifts in leverage is affecting Asia and the U.S..

India's finance minister is likely to suggest the country's budget deficit will fall. Robert Prior-Wandesforde, senior Asian economist at HSBC and S. Narayan, head of research and visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies discuss India's economy with CNBC's Amanda Drury and Martin Soong.

Over the weekend, France, Russia and India all questioned the role of the U.S. dollar as the world's reserve currency ahead of the G8 meeting. Sean Callow, senior currency strategist at Westpac Bank discusses the possibilities of a global reserve currency with CNBC's Amanda Drury and Martin Soong.

Discussing why there is so much investor interest over the Hong Kong debut of shampoo maker BaWang International, with Paul Pong, MD at Pegasus Fund Managers, speaking with CNBC's Sri Jegarajah.