Live Updates: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Arrives at Parliament to Present Her Seventh Consecutive Union Budget for 2024.
The first Budget of the Modi government since the NDA’s third consecutive term is anticipated to balance taxpayer relief with measures to uphold fiscal discipline. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is presenting the Union Budget 2024-25 in Parliament today at 11 am, marking the first budget of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s third term. This is her seventh consecutive budget, surpassing the record set by former Prime Minister Morarji Desai, who presented five annual budgets and one interim budget as finance minister. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pranab Mukherjee each presented five consecutive budgets as well. The middle class and salaried …