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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present her sixth consecutive Budget ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections. This pre-election Budget, technically a vote on account, seeks Parliament s approval for an advance grant to cover essential government expenditure for the first four months of the new fiscal year starting in April.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her sixth straight Budget ahead of the Parliamentary elections, matching the record of former Prime Minister Morarji Desai.
Sitharaman in her pre-election Budget, which technically is a vote on account and popularly termed an interim Budget, will seek Parliament s nod for a grant in advance to meet the central government s essential expenditure for the first four months of the new fiscal year that starts in April.
A new government elected after the April/May general elections will present the full Budget, likely in July.