Budget 2024: Here's why presentation date was shifted to Feb 1

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Budget 2024 to be presented on Feb 1

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to deliver the Interim Budget for the fiscal year 2024-25 on February 1. Image credits: Pexels

PM Modi-led govt changed tradition

Earlier, budget presentation was slated for the end of February. It was the NDA government, led by PM Modi, that brought about a change in this long-standing tradition. Image credits: Instagram

Tradition changed in 2017

Back in 2017, the then Union Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, announced a departure from the age-old norm of presenting the budget on the final working day of February, Image credits: Pexels

Jaitley explained the shift

Former FM Jaitley explained that the shift to February 1 was aimed at breaking away from the 92-year-old colonial-era practice. Image credits: Pexels

Why was it changed?

Additionally, presenting the budget at the end of February left the government with minimal time to prepare for new policies and changes slated to take effect from April 1. Image credits: Pexels

What other change?

Jaitley also did away with tradition of presenting a separate Railway Budget. Instead, he integrated the Railways Budget with the Union Budget. Image credits: Pexels Find Next One