Budget 2024: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman who will present Union Budget for record-seventh time is scheduled to table the Economic Survey on July 22, Monday.
«The Economic Survey of India will be laid on the table of the Houses of Parliament on Monday, the 22nd of July, 2024. The Budget for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir for 2024 will also be presented on the 23rd of July, 2024. Tentatively 6 items of legislative business and 3 items of financial business have been identified for being taken up during this session,» said Kiren Rijiju, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
The upcoming Budget will be Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government's first major policy announcement after securing a third term in May. The Budget is set to host an array of measures to combat unemplyement and other persisting issues in the country.
What is an Economic Survey?
Prepared by the Economic Division of the Department of Economic Affairs in the Ministry of Finance and formulated under the supervision of the chief economic adviser, the pre-Budget document provides an insight into the state of the economy and various indicators of 2023-24 (April-March) and some outlook for the current year.
The Economy Survey document may