Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, during her budget speech in Parliament, said that the central government aims to eliminate Sickle Cell Anemia by 2047, and a mission will soon be launched in this regard.
In her Budget speech finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman also proposed to change the tax structure in this regime by reducing the number of slabs to 5 and increasing the tax exemption limit to Rs 3 lakh.
Presenting the Union Budget 2023, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Wednesday, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman pegged the fiscal deficit target for 2023-24 at 5.9 per cent of GDP.
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.
Overall, the government proposed to increase capital expenditure outlay by 33 per cent to Rs 10 lakh crore in 2023-24, which would be 3.3 per cent of the GDP, said Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
The presentation of the Union Budget 2023-24 started with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's speech in the Parliament on Wednesday wherein she termed the Budget the "first budget in Amrit Kaal".
The Union Budget 2023 will be the "best" and pro-middle class budget, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said on Wednesday, ahead of the day's Lok Sabha session.
Known for her love for Indian textiles, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman arrived in the Parliament for the Union Budget presentation wearing a traditional temple border saree.