Budget 2023-24 hopes to build on foundation of previous budget, blue print for India@100: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said the Budget for 2023-24 hopes to build on the foundation of the previous budget and blue print for India@100.

This is the first Budget in Amrit Kaal, she said.

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This is the last full Budget of the second term of the BJP-led NDA government ahead of the general elections in 2024.

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Sitharaman is presenting her fifth full Budget after she took over as Finance Minister in July 2019.