The countdown to the Union Budget 2023 being tabled in Parliament has finally begun. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has arrived at the Ministry of Finance ahead of the budget presentation
Sitharaman along with ministers of state Pankaj Chaudhary and Bhagwat Karad and the Finance Secretary will meet President Droupadi Murmu at 9 am. Later, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a cabinet meeting at 10 am before the Budget is tabled in Parliament.
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Earlier, Union minister of state for finance Bhagwat Karad offered prayers.
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“Today, the Budget will be presented before the Parliament by FM at 11 am. Before that, under her leadership, my colleague Pankaj Chaudhary & Secretary will meet the President at 9am. At 10am, under PM Modi’s leadership, a cabinet meeting will be held”, the minister said.
“You will come to know at 11am what will the common public get. I would not like to make any comments at this point”, Karad added.
“UnionBudget2023 will meet the expectations of every section of society. Modi govt has always worked in the favour of the people of the country”, Union minister of state for finance Pankaj Chaudhary told ANI.
As Sitharaman presents her fifth budget, there are a lot of expectations from across sectors. The salaried class would be hoping for tax slabs tweaks as some sort of relief from price rise.