The economy is doing well, said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
Speaking while tabling the Union Interim Budget for 2024, she said, ‘Average Real income has increased by 50%, inflation is moderate. People are getting empowered, and enables to pursue their aspirations’.

The full-fledged budget will be presented by the new government after the Lok Sabha elections.
This is Nirmala Sitharaman’s sixth Union Budget. The full-fledged budget will be presented by the new government that comes to power after the elections.

The interim budget – a short-term financial plan – seeks Parliament nod for a grant in advance to meet the government’s essential expenditure for the first four months of the new financial year.

Tabling the Budget, Nirmala also Sitharaman also highlighted Modi govt’s women-oriented schemes.