Budget 2024: Govt likely to announce a women-centric scheme in interim budget, says report

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

Sitharaman will present the sixth Budget on February 1, where she will outline the roadmap for 2024-25. In the post-budget meeting, the finance minister will address the board members and talk about announcements made in the interim Budget 2024-25. The meeting is being held shortly after the Budget session, as well as the last session of the 17th Lok Sabha, which comes to an end on February 9.

Union budget 2024: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has emphasised that the government's policies will prioritise the welfare of youth, women, farmers, and the poor in the upcoming interim Budget, to be presented in Parliament. She stated that the focus will be on uplifting these target groups without considering caste, community, or religion.

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.

Interim Budget 2024 Live Speech: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is all set to announce the Interim Budget 2024-25 in a joint session of Parliament at 11 am. According to experts, Sitharaman's speech will broadly focus on potential strategies to boost employment by increasing spending on infrastructure and enhance farmers' incomes. While the middle class remains hopeful of some positive tax-related announcements to tackle rising inflation, such expectations may not be fulfilled as the government's focus is on reducing the fiscal deficit. At the same time, the government may look to provide top-ups for its existing welfare schemes to boost its prospects ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. Follow our live coverage for all the live updates from Nirmala Sitharaman's budget presentation.

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According to sources, there is a lot of back and forth with the team of PMO officials headed by P.K. Mishra, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, and the Finance Ministry officials. These discussions ensure that the thrust of the schemes drawn up by the Prime Minister with his close understanding of the ground realities, are adequately presented in the fine-print of the budget.

Narendra Modi as PM: In Budget 2014 finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman outlined the 10-year economic achievements of the BJP government. Sitharaman emphasized the government's commitment to comprehensive GDP - Governance, Development, and Performance. She highlighted macroeconomic stability, robust investments, improved economy, increased average real income by 50%, moderate inflation, and effective program delivery.

After detailed deliberations the Finance Minister advised PSBs to remain vigilant about the interest rate risks and regularly undertake stress tests

Indian inflation will remain steady in coming months, despite short-term rises in the prices of certain food items, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told the Economic Times newspaper in an interview.