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Lok Sabha passes interim budget
February 07, 2024
The Lok
Sabha on Wednesday passed the Rs 47.66-lakh-crore interim Budget 2024-25
of the Union Government with a voice vote.
The lower house also
approved the Rs 1.8 lakh crore budget of the Union Territory of Jammu
and Kashmir with a voice vote.
The two budgets, along with the
supplementary demands for grants and relevant appropriation bills, were
piloted by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman.
Replying to the
debate, the minister said the fiscal deficit of the central government
is proposed to be brought down to 5.1 per cent of the GDP during
2024-25. -- PTI
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