The Finance Minister of the country is going to present the interim budget on 1 February 2024. The general budget is presented every year on 1 February, but due to Lok Sabha elections, the general budget will not be presented this time. The government presents this budget to manage the expenses before the elections. Experts are claiming that this time the government can announce schemes targeting the general public in the budget. Let us understand what the schedule of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is going to be on the budget day.
- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the vote on account budget on 1 February.
- The budget speech will start at 11 am.
- Halwa ceremony is organized before the budget, which this time was held on 25 January.
- After the Halwa ceremony, all the 100 officers who prepared the budget are imprisoned in North Block until the presentation of the budget.
- The budget can be seen live on DD News. You can also watch live budget on TV9 Bharatvarsh channel.
- You will get to read all the major updates related to the budget on the country’s largest Hindi website tv9hindi.com.
- On January 31, a day before the presentation of the budget, President Draupadi Murmu addresses the joint meeting of both the Houses.
- The motion of thanks on the President’s address is discussed. During that time the PM answers everyone’s questions.