Budget 2023: Nirmala Sitharaman presents her fifth straight budget

The Union Budget for 2023-24 was presented in the Lok Sabha today at 11 am

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during the final touches of Union Budget 2023-24, at Finance Ministry in New Delhi. Credit: PTI Photo

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday presented her fifth straight budget and last full Budget of the second term of the BJP-led NDA government ahead of the general elections in 2024.

The Union Budget for 2023-24 (April 2023 to March 2024) was also the first normal budget after the Covid-19 pandemic amid global geopolitical developments.

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Watch the Union Budget 2023 speech below:

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