Key Points
Interim Budget 2024: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her sixth budget, and the last one before the general elections expected in April-May, on February 1..
The Centre will seek to build on the growth momentum witnessed in the past two years without undermining fiscal discipline...
Budget Size: This will be the most-tracked number ahead of general polls, as it will reveal the govts fiscal support to the economy and various welfare programmes.. ..
Capital Spending: Government capex, with high multiplier effect, has helped spur investment led growth in the absence of a broad-based resurgence in private investment...
Nominal GDP growth: Mainly tracked for govts revenue assumptions and tax buoyancy; high growth helps govt contain fiscal deficit ratio.. 5..
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