Sitharaman will present the sixth Budget on February 1, where she will outline the roadmap for 2024-25. In the post-budget meeting, the finance minister will address the board members and talk about announcements made in the interim Budget 2024-25. The meeting is being held shortly after the Budget session, as well as the last session of the 17th Lok Sabha, which comes to an end on February 9.
The board meeting, chaired by Governor Shaktikanta Das, was held for the first time after the government released the June-quarter growth numbers. The economy expanded at 7.8%.
According to the Budget announcement, the government had expected to receive Rs 48,000 crore in dividend from the central bank and state-owned lenders in 2022-23