Nirmala Sitharaman Budget  

Here are all the schemes and proposals announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting the Union Budget 2024. 

Ahead of the Budget on Tuesday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was seen with a red sleeve tablet. She is set to present the Budget for the fiscal year 2024-25, which will also be her seventh straight Budget presentation.

A 16 point plan has been disclosed I budget 2020 to double farmers' income by the year 2022. The Finance Minister has allocated Rs. 1.60 lakh crore for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare and Rs. 1.23 lakh crore towards Rural Development Ministry. Here are 10 highlights of budget 2020 for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare

In the bid for future generations to rediscover the glory of ancient India, the archaeological sites of Rakhigarhi, Sivasagar, Dholavira, Adichanallur and Hastinapur will be developed as iconic sites with on-site museums. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also announced that Rs 3150 crore will be allocated for the Ministry of Culture, under which the sites fall. Let’s find out more about the 5 sites in this episode of Culture ‘Shauk’ with Sunita Iyer.

In 2019, Nirmala Sitharam made history by becoming India’s first full-time woman Finance Minister. While presenting the Budget 2019, she termed the women of the country as ‘nari tu narayani’, suggesting they hold an important place in the development of our country. As the countdown to Budget 2020 begins, let’s take a look at what Indian women want in this episode of Not For Women Only with Sunita Iyer.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated that the big picture presented in the Budget is backed with a plan to increase investment without compromising on the fiscal consolidation roadmap

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the data which is given in the Budget is 100% above board and there need not be any speculation on the figures which have been given out

Presenting the first Budget of the Modi government in its second term, she said the Indian economy, which stood at USD 1.85 trillion five years back, has reached USD 2.7 trillion now, and is within capacity to reach USD 5 trillion in the next few years.