Budget 2024: Stock Markets Open Higher On Budget Day

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:

Budget 2024 FM Nirmala Sitharaman Reaches North Block With Team Watch

 

Budget 2024: FM Nirmala Sitharaman Reaches North Block With Team, Watch

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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