
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman lowered both food and fertilizer subsidy estimations for financial year 2024-25 as compared to the current fiscal.

Farmers were hopeful from this year's budget because it is an election budget, and the government could have increased the amount in the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana to lure farmer voters.

Under the government's largest scheme, MGNREGA, budgetary allotment has been increased to Rs 86,000 crore.

There is disappointment among people on many fronts, such as on tax front.

The action against Paytm Payments Bank Ltd followed a comprehensive system audit report and subsequent compliance validation report of external auditors
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman becomes second Finance Minister to present six consecutive budgets in the history of India.

Only 7 lakh multiple FASTags have been closed out of 1.27 crore. Hence, the extension by another month

The EAC-PM has also urged for providing manual "overrides" and "authorisation chokepoints" with a crucial role for a specialist regulator and emphasising accountability and transparency

The multilateral funding agency stated that the country’s economy could grow by 6.7% in FY24 – a good 40 basis points higher than the 6.3% predicted by it in October last year

Finance ministry said education, health, energy security and lowering the burden of compliance burden for small businesses will be the focus of future reforms