Budget 2024 Live Updates: Track Hindustan Times for latest updates on Union Budget 2024 being presented by Nirmala Sitharaman Budget 2024 Live Updates: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present the Union Budget 2024-25 today after tabling the Economic Survey . The Union Budget will be presented in Parliament at 11am- making it the first budget of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's third term. This will be Nirmala Sitharaman’s seventh consecutive Budget as finance minister as she will surpass the record set by former Prime Minister Morarji Desai who presented five annual budgets and one interim budget as finance minister.
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh presented five consecutive budgets in a row and Pranab Mukherjee also presented five consecutive budgets. ..
.Read More The Budget is being presented in the Monsoon session this year as an Interim Budget was presented in February owing to the Lok Sabha elections. The Monsoon session began on July 22 and will have 19 sittings till August 12.
On the Budget, PM Modi said that it is “important budget for Amrit Kaal . Budget will decide the direction for the next 5 years of our term. This budget will also become a strong foundation of our dream of 'Viksit Bharat'.
” At what time will Nirmala Sitharaman present the Budget today? Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Budget in Parliament today at 11am. Experts said that the Budget is likely to focus more on capital expenditure through roadways and India.