Read more about the Union Budget 2024 announcements and their detailed analysis
Clockwise: A labourer works in a Hosiery mill in Kolkata; A man poses for a photo next to the statue of the bull near the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building; Farmers plant rice saplings at a paddy field in Nagaon District of Assam; Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (C) holds a folder containing Union Budget documents
1)Â Budget 2024: Overview
This week's newsletter will be all about Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget 2024 speech. Many receipts were presented for the term before, and many announcements were made for the coming year. Everything had a coalition tint because that is the mandate for the next five years. Job creation had absolute focus, while investors were offered a mix of happy and confusing news. The middle class was ignored, and so were states that did not have leverage at the centre. As the Budget is being discussed in the parliament for this session, here's a quick summary of what was offered on July 23, followed by a detailed analysis of some of the crucial announcements.
2) All about continuity