Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is about to deliver the inaugural Budget for the third consecutive NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
On Tuesday, the stock markets opened on a positive note, driven by financial and public sector companies, as investors anticipate policy announcements in the Budget. The NSE Nifty 50 increased by 0.24% to 24,568.9, while the S&P BSE Sensex rose by 0.28% to 80,724.3, as of 9:15 a.m. IST.
Nirmala Sitharaman, carrying the Budget wrapped in a red cloth featuring the national emblem, presented it outside the Finance Ministry. Check out the photos:
The Union Budget 2024 represents the first significant economic document of the Modi 3.0 government, expected to outline a roadmap for transforming India into ‘Viksit Bharat’ by 2047. The pre-Budget Economic Survey, presented by Sitharaman in Lok Sabha on Monday, projected a cautious growth rate of 6.5 to 7 percent for the current fiscal year.
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