Budget Session 2024: Key highlights of Modi 3.0's first budget

22 July,2024 12:40 PM IST |  Delhi  |  mid-day online correspondent

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union budget in today.

Nirmala Sitharaman with red `Bahi Khata`/ Pallav Paliwal


Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman broke former Prime Minister Morarji Desai's record by presenting the seventh consecutive budget. Sitharaman, clad in an off-white saree for her seventh budget presentation, said that the budget 2024 envisages sustained efforts on nine priorities for generating ample opportunities for all. The Budget's 9 priorities include productivity, jobs, social justice, urban development, energy security, infrastructure, and reforms, she added.

Presenting the Union Budget 2024, FM Sitharaman said the government is undertaking a comprehensive review of research to develop climate-resilient seeds and added that in the next two years, one crore farmers will be initiated in natural farming.

The FM added that the implementation of various schemes announced in the interim budget in February is still underway.

Here are key highlights of Budget 2024:

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