At 56 minutes, it was Sitharaman's shortest budget speech. She also holds the distinction of delivering the longest budget speech at two hours and forty minutes in 2020.
Sitharaman emphasised the government's plans to set up more medical colleges and said that the government aims to serve the people through improved healthcare services.
"Forty thousand normal rail bogies will be converted to the Vande Bharat standards to enhance safety, convenience and comfort of passengers," FM Sitharaman said.
Sitharaman said that fulfilling aspirations and needs of Garib (poor), Mahilaye (women), Yuva (youth) and Annadata (farmers) are the highest priority of the government.
While presenting the Interim Budget in Lok Sabha, Sitharaman announced that one crore households will receive up to 300 units of free electricity per month.
The Indian economy is projected to grow close to 7 per cent in the financial year 2024-25 which starts this April, said the Ministry of Finance in a review report.
The debt of every citizen in Telangana is fully sustainable even for the next generation given the durable assets the State has created to power growth
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has reiterated that Telangana was denied permission for extra borrowings under the FRBM as Telangana did not agree to implement the power reforms
Nirmala Sitharaman made it clear that the Centre was not allowing any enhanced borrowings by Telangana under the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) norms
The roundtable discussion was hosted by US Treasury Secretary Yellen.A high-level seminar on "Strengthening the Financial Capacity of MDBs" was also organised by the G20 India Presidency.
