Budget 2024: FM Sitharaman begins speech after meeting President Murmu

By Priyanka Deshpande CNBC-TV18.com Published July 23, 2024

[{"selector":"#anim-c0c789db-e914-4e8f-995e-0de72dd8ce76","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":200,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-5b63900f-ecbb-438f-964c-523c827a7fb8 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman began her Budget speech for 2024-25 on Tuesday after calling on President Droupadi Murmu.

[{"selector":"#anim-b08cebbe-1966-4718-a554-1cccb08fa944","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":200,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ab21a6bf-54b3-4acb-b6ba-9fff726fff48 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(19.955773963399505%, 0, 0) translate(25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] As per established tradition, the finance minister met the President at the Rashtrapati Bhavan before heading to Parliament, the PTI reported.

[{"selector":"#anim-2d4e0650-d14b-44d9-bf19-4ed510a33b47","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":200,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-6151eb8f-25d6-4f5b-b7f5-6ef3a5a7cca2 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(-0.7966271359621899%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] President Murmu offered 'dahi-chini' (curd-sugar), considered auspicious, to Sitharaman before she left for Parliament to present the Union Budget.

[{"selector":"#anim-00fdc3b3-013c-4299-8435-e98ad904abdc","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":200,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-da397b06-a9c8-42f8-a9da-9e073742cc3b [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(14.109769547822523%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] The Union Cabinet met thereafter to clear the Budget. Before the actual presentation in Parliament, the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will approve the Budget for fiscal 2024-25 (April 2024 to March 2025).

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[{"selector":"#anim-520a8c3c-9634-4ee9-8a3e-3694b4f84dea","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":200,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1301d311-177a-40c4-8858-ecb3d24ae77e [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(3.18650854384871%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] The Budget would give a glimpse of the Modi government's performance in the past 10 years while outlining the roadmap to make India a developed nation.

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