Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday an🐠nounced that the 2024 Budget Session in the Parliament will begin from July 22 and go on till August 12 and the Union Budget will be presented in the Lok Sabha on Ju𝄹ly 23.
The budget session will begin and conclude in both the Upper and the Lower House of the Parliament. Notably, with this, Nirmala S🌸itharaman will become the first Finance Minister to present seven consecutive Union Budgets, surpassin𝔉g the record of Morarji Desai who had presented six budgets in a row.
Last week, while deliver her address to the joint sitt💫ing of the Parliament, President Droupadi Murmu had said that many historic steps and major economic decisions will be taken in the upcoming budget session.
She s🧸aid that the 2024 Budget from the Modi government will outline its future vision. The government believes that there should be healthy competition between states for in𝔍vestment, President Murmu added.
Bringing the focus to the nation's economic status, Murmu said, "India has become the world's fifth-largest economy. There has been an aver𒀰age 8 per cent growth in the last 10 years, even though these were not normal times."
"This growth rate has been achieved despite a global pandemic and conflicts in different parts of the world. This is t🎃he result of the reforms of the last 10 years. India alone is contributing 15 per cent to global growth. My government is working to make India the world's third-largest economy," she added.
Notably, the Int🦂erim Budget 2024-25, which was presented by Sitharaman earlier this year, focused on issues of social jus🌃tice and inclusion of women empowerment.
She had also mentioned the Lakhpati Didi scheme, which is aimed at training women in self-help groups (SHGs) so that they can earn a sustainable income of at least Rs 1 lakh per annum per household, which has also b💮een instrumental in driving the objective.
