Budget 2024: Key Indian Budget facts you might not know

Interim Budget 2024 is just a day away. The budget to be presented by Nirmala Sitharaman on 1st February will be an Interim Budget that will include the current government’s temporary financial plan through which it can meet its operational needs until a new government is formed after the Lok Sabha elections 2024. It is then that the complete Union Budget 2024 will be presented. But do you know who presented the first budget and how Halwa plays an important role in the Budget tradition? From the instance of Budget leakage to breaking the colonial budget traditions, here are some interesting facts about India’s budget that you might not know.