New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is presenting the Union Budget 2024 in Parliament. This is an interim budget as it comes just ahead of 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.
Highlights:
· Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the government will help “deserving” sections of the middle class to build their own houses.
· Benefits of Ayushman Bharat will be extended to all ASHA and Anganwadi workers.
· Rooftop solarisation to give 1 crore households 300 units of free electricity per month, says Nirmala Sitharaman
· The government focused on more comprehensive ‘governance, development, performance’ — ‘GDP’.
· Goods Service Tax (GST) has” enabled ‘one nation one market one tax’. “Tax reforms have led to deepening, widening of the tax base.”