Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today announced big relief for taxpayers and a mega push for capital spending and infrastructure as she unveiled the government's last Budget before the 2024 national election.
The government also outlined seven priority areas - including development, reaching the last mile, infrastructure and investment, unleashing the potential, green growth, youth power and financial sector.
For the railways, the minister announced an outlay of ₹ 2.4 lakh crore -- the highest in almost a decade and four times the last year's budget. "This is about nine times the outlay made in 2013-14," she said, comparing it with the last year of the Congress-led UPA governance.
Here's full Budget speech of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman:
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