By Dr. Mayur J. Kapadia, Former Additional General Manager, GNFC Ltd. The Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while presenting an interim budget or a “vote-of-account” in a record creating shortest speech of 58 minutes, abstained from any populist measures, but offered a vision for ‘Viksit Bharat 2047’ through fiscal prudence, discipline and reduced fiscal deficit. ‘Vote-of-account’ is generally believed to be a non-eventful one, but several specific measures of budget 2024 make it an eventful budget. While promising government support for farmers, young, women and poor; the FM intends to continue…
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