Rooftop solarisation to give 1 crore households 300 units of free electricity per month, says Nirmala Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that Goods Service Tax (GST has" enabled 'one nation one market one tax'. "Tax reforms have led to deepening, widening of tax base," she said. 

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that she hopes the people of the country will again choose the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections with a resounding mandate 

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the government has helped 25 crore people to get freedom from poverty in last 10 years, 

PM Janman Yojana helps tribal groups who have remained outside realm of development, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the government is focusing on four major groups - poor, women, youth and the farmers. 

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the government is working to make India 'Viksit Bharat' by 2047. "Our focus is sabka sath, sabka vikas," she said. 

In the second term, our government doubled down on its responsibility to build a prosperous country, says Nirmala Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is presenting Union Budget 2024 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Lok Sabha for Union Budget 2024 presentation

No change is expected in tax rates for individual taxpayers opting for the regular tax regime

No change is expected in tax rates for individual taxpayers opting for the regular tax regime

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met President Draupadi Murmu ahead of the presentation of Union Budget. 

Economic Survey, an annual document presented by the Finance Ministry, will not be presented this year since Finance Minister  Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Interim Budget instead of a full-fledged budget because Lok Sabha elections are due later this year. 

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the interim budget at 11 am. Ms Sitharaman has arrived at the Finance Ministry with her team.

Stock markets opened in green today, ahead of the interim Union budget to be presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's budget speech will be broadcast live on the official channel of Parliament Sansad TV and Doordarshan. 

Homebuyers expect the current Rs 2 lakh rebate on housing loan interest Under Section 24 to be increased to about Rs 5 lakh, experts say.

The interim budget that come in the backdrop of a strong domestic economy - will be watched closely by the experts to ascertain if it will be able to maintain the current high rate of growth. 

This will be the last budget in Narendra Modi government's second term as the Lok Sabha elections will be held later this year. 

The interim budget is a temporary financial plan that covers the government's expenses until a new government takes charge after elections. The interim budget seeks Parliament nod for a grant in advance to meet the government's essential expenditure for the first four months of the new financial year. 

Union Budget 2024 will be Nirmala Sitharaman's sixth budget as the Finance Minister today. After Morarji Desai, she will only be the second finance minister in the nation to give the Union Budget for six consecutive years.