Sitharaman gave her least complex Budget speech in 2024. But former FMs kept it simpler

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The Interim Budget speech on 1 February 2024 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was her sixth and the shortest..

Generally, though, Sitharamans speeches are more complex than those given by her predecessors...

According to our text sentiment analysis, nearly 36.5 per cent of the lines in Sitharamans Interim Budget 2024 speech displayed positive sentiments, only marginally lower than in last years speech..

In India, the finance ministers annual Budget speeches outline proposed changes in taxation, non-tax revenue such as disinvestment, and government expenditure patterns..

More than 14 per cent of the Budget speech contained words related to one or more government schemes, the highest share among all six Budget speeches of Sitharaman..