India's Pre-Election Budget 2024: Here's what to expect on Feb. 1
Here's a preview of what to expect from the interim budget for 2024 on Thursday. (Source: Reuters).
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asserted that the country is touching new heights of progress and its journey of "all-inclusive and all-round" development will continue with people's blessings, ahead of Parliament's last session before the country’s highly anticipated general elections. Here's a glimpse of what to expect from the interim budget for 2024 on February 1. (HT Photo/Sanjeev Verma)
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The budget is expected to buck a trend of spending big on new vote-garnering measures and focus on infrastructure. (File Photo)
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Farmers, women and poor are a major voting bloc in India. The Modi administration has already extended its free food grains program for the next five years. (File Photo)
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The annual payout to landowning female farmers is expected to be doubled. (HT Photo)
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