The Budget session started on a high note after slogans of 'Modi-Modi' and 'Jodo Jodo Bharat Jodo' were echoed in the parliament building on Wednesday during the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget speech.
These seven priorities are inclusive development, reaching the last mile, Infra and investment, unleashing the potential, green growth, youth power and financial sector.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget for 2023-24 with a digital device instead of the traditional 'bahi-khata' in her hands.
This year's Budget presentation holds significance as it is Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government's last full budget before the next parliamentary elections in 2024, slated for April-May 2024.
According to the sources, the 63-year-old has been admitted to a private ward of the hospital for a routine check-up around noon on Monday and is likely to be discharged soon.
Forbes had placed President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen on the top position of the 19th annual Forbes list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women for her leadership during the Ukraine war.
During the event, DRI said it will take the opportunity of its founding day to organise Regional Customs Enforcement Meeting (RCEM) for effectively engaging with partner Customs organisations and International agencies like World Customs Organisation, INTERPOL for enforcement-related issues.
The week-long pre-budget consultation meetings for Budget 2023-24 chaired by Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman concluded on Monday.
A statement from the finance ministry on Wednesday said this approval would further strengthen India's commitment towards its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDCs) targets, adopted under the Paris Agreement, and help in attracting global and domestic investments in eligible green project
During the event of Centre-state relations -- Cooperative Federalism: The Path Towards Atma Nirbhar Bharat, she said, "Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi fully accepted the Finance Commission (report) and that is why today states get 42 per cent of the amount (tax collected) -- now reduced by 41