New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the Modi Government’s nine priorities and four pillars to take the country forward as she presented the Union Budget for the year 2024-2025 in the Parliament this morning. She said, the Government will make sustained efforts on nine priorities for ‘Viksit Bharat’, listing them as productivity and resilience…
Parliamentary milestone with seventh consecutive Budget
July 23, 2024New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman achieved a Parliamentary milestone this morning by presenting her seventh consecutive Budget, a feat previously achieved only by C.D. Deshmukh 68 years ago. Both Deshmukh, who presented Budgets between 1951 and 1956, and Nirmala Sitharaman have presented six full Budgets and an interim Budget each. Two of Deshmukh’s Budgets…
7 Budgets, 7 Sarees: Tribute to India’s handloom heritage
July 23, 2024New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman wore an off-white Mangalgiri saree with a magenta border from Andhra Pradesh to present the full Budget for 2024-25. Earlier in Feb. 2024, she wore a blue saree with Kantha stitch work, famous in West Bengal, while presenting the 2024 interim Budget. In 2023, she opted for a red…
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