BJP)-led government were about "reform, perform and transform" in the country. From abolishing triple talaq to abrogating Article 370 to introducing 33 percent women's reservation to building Ayodhya Ram temple — while emphasising some of his government's achievements, PM Modi said the 17th Lok Sabha saw a productivity of 97 percent. Besides this Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar delivered their valedictory remarks.
Birla said that the House had passed several significant legislations including the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita bill, triple talaq bill and women's reservation bill. Meanwhile, Dhankhar highlighted that the country is making phenomenal progress in all walks of life. Here's all that happened in the last Budget Session of the 17th Lok Sabha The Interim Union Budget for the financial year 2024-25 was tabled in the Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1.
This was the sixth budget presented by the current finance minister and the last one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government's second term. Tap here for key highlights of the Budget 2024-35 In the latest budget, the government increased the allocation of the infrastructure sector to ₹11.11 lakh crore in FY25, which will be 3.4 percent of the Gross domestic product (GDP). The total receipts of the government, excluding borrowings, were estimated at ₹27.56 lakh crore in 2023-24, with tax receipts at ₹23.24 lakh crore.
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