Lok Sabha passes Finance Bill, completes exercise for interim budget 2024-25

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Interim Budget 2024: Sitharaman equaled the record of former Prime Minister Morarji Desai, who as finance minister, presented five annual budgets and one interim budget between 1959 and 1964. This will be her sixth Budget as the Finance Minister and last in the second term of the Modi government. The interim budget will take care of the financial needs of the intervening period until a government is formed after the Lok Sabha polls.

Budget News: NEW DELHI: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday presented the last Budget of the Narendra Modi government before the 2024 Lok Sabha e.

The government has requested the revocation of suspensions for MPs ahead of Parliament's budget session, aiming for smooth proceedings. The session, commencing with President Droupadi Murmu's address, will feature the interim budget presentation by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The government's appeal for lifting suspensions was conveyed during an all-party meeting, signaling an effort to foster cooperation during the session. The Rajya Sabha's privilege committee has recommended revoking the suspension of 11 MPs, addressing concerns related to the breach of privilege. The session will run until February 9.

The last Parliament session of the 17th Lok Sabha before the general polls concluded on Saturday, February 10. Here's a look at all that happened in the Budget Session 2024 and key takeaways from 17th Lok Sabha's tenure.

The government is likely to significantly enhance allocation for key farm sector schemes and push credit in the interim Budget to boost rural economy. Growth in the agriculture sector is projected to decelerate to 1.8% in 2023-24. The government is also likely to announce a substantial increase in the agricultural credit target to Rs 22-25 lakh crore for the next fiscal.

Budget 2024: At 11 am, the Union finance minister will unveil the final budget of the second term of the Narendra Modi government.

Here are all the updates from the Budget Session of Parliament.

Panaji (Goa) [India], January 29 (ANI): Indian Coastal Conference Shipping Association Vice President Atul Vithal Jadhav has demanded that the Union government should come up with a “financing policy” for the coastal shipping industry in the interim budget in 2024. “First we want to tell the government that first you have to do a financing […]

The imposition of stringent conditions on the borrowing ceiling by the Union Government has unduly restricted the ability of the State to raise resources to fund its development initiatives, Finance minister Thangam Thennarasu said.