Bharat Express

Budget 2024

Discussion on interim budget 2024-25, and the interim budget of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will resume in the Rajya Sabha today.

Congress's Lok Sabha MP DK Suresh claimed that South India, especially Karnataka, isn't getting enough funds from the Central govt.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the government will start a housing scheme to help the middle class buy or build their own homes.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his support for the Interim Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

Ahead of the parliamentary elections, Sitharaman unveiled her sixth consecutive budget on Thursday.

FM said that the government was very near to the aim of constructing three crore houses, even after the difficulties brought by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Congress leader Manish Tewari expressed deep concern about the fiscal deficit, calling it "extremely worrying".

Presenting the interim Budget 2024-25, Sitharaman said tax receipts for 2024-25 projected is projected at Rs 26.02 lakh crore.

Public wants to know if Sitharaman delivers a populist budget that gives the average person more money, or if she sticks to the fiscal glide path and reduces the deficit to 4.5% of GDP by 2025–2026.

Last year on the Budget day, the BSE benchmark ended at 59,708.08 points, up by 158.18 points, or 0.26 per cent.