A mini-stimulus to take the economy out of five-year low alongside giving some tax relief to common man may be on the cards, as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman does a tightrope walk balancing the needs of the economy and fiscal constraints in her maiden Budget. The Budget to be presented on Friday is expected to boost spending at the cost of short-term slippage in fiscal deficit targets as she lays down the Modi 2.0 government's road map for the economy and the nation in the next five years. With just a few minutes left for Sitharaman's Budget Speech, take a look at pictures from the busy day in Parliament.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with MoS Anurag Thakur and others outside the North Block ahead of the presentation of Union Budget 2019-20 at Parliament today.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman meets President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan ahead of the presentation of Union Budget 2019-20 at Parliament in New Delhi Friday, July 05.
President Ram Nath Kovind meets Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, MoS Anurag Thakur and her team at Rashtrapati Bhavan ahead of the presentation of Union Budget 2019-20 at Parliament in New Delhi.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with MoS Anurag Thakur and others leave the North Block to present the Budget for 2019-20 at the Parliament.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with MoS Anurag Thakur arrive at Parliament to present the Union Budget 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha in New Delhi.
