Meet Nirmala Sitharaman¡¯s 11-Member Team Behind The Interim Budget 2024

Just two weeks are left for India¡¯s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to present the much awaited Budget 2024 on February 1st. While we all know that this will be an interim and not a full union budget, not much is talked about the brains behind the budget¡¯s preparation.

Besides India¡¯s FM Sitharaman, let us get to know the team behind the upcoming interim Budget 2024¡¯s preparation:

Team Behind Interim Budget 2024

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1.TV Somanathan

Finance Secretary

2.Sanjay Malhotra

Revenue Secretary

3.Ajay Seth

Secretary to the Department of Economic Affairs

4.Tuhin Kanta Pandey

Secretary to the Department of Investment & Public Asset Management

5.Vivek Joshi

Secretary to the Department of Financial Services

6.V Anantha Nageswaran

Chief Economic Advisor

7.PK Mishra

Principal Secretary to PM

8.Arvind Shrivastava

Additional Secretary, PMO

9.Punya Salila Srivastava

Additional Secretary, PMO

10.Hari Ranjan Rao

Additional Secretary, PMO

11.Atish Chandra

Additional Secretary, PMO

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Why Is It An Interim Budget?

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The upcoming budget that will be presented on February 1st will be an interim one, since the nation is set to go for Lok Sabha elections in April-May, The full Union Budget will be presented later this year in July by whoever forms the govt post election results.

When Will Interim Budget 2024 Be Presented?

India¡¯s FM Sitharaman will present the interim Budget 2024 on February 1st, at 11 am. The Budget session in the parliament is expected to begin on 31st January.

Who Presented India¡¯s Last Interim Budget?

The last Interim Budget happened in 2019, which was presented by the then Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on 1st February.

What Has FM Sitharaman Said About Interim Budget 2024?

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FM Sitharaman had last month indicated that the upcoming interim Budget 2024 will not have any spectacular announcements. Since its an interim and not full budget, FM Sitharaman mentioned that the 1st Feb¡¯s Budget will only be tabled for the expenditure of the government till a new government is formed after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections that are scheduled to take place in April-May.

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