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Budget 2024 For Education Sector LIVE: As the Union Budget 2024 approaches, the education sector in India holds high expectations for significant advancements.
Budget 2024: The Union Budget 2024 will be presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament today, July 23, 2024. At 11: 00 AM today, the much-awaited full budget for 2024-25, the first under the Modi 3.0 government, will be presented on the floor of the Parliament. Sitharaman, who will turn 65 next month, was in 2019 appointed as India’s first full-time woman finance minister when Prime Minister Narendra Modi won a decisive second term. Since then, she has presented six straight budgets, including an interim one in February this year.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to create history when she presents her seventh straight Budget on Tuesday for the fiscal 2024-25, surpassing the record of former prime minister Morarji Desai.
Budget 2024 For Education Sector LIVE: FM Nirmala Sitharaman to Announce Major Announcements Soon
As the Union Budget 2024 approaches, the education sector in India holds high expectations for significant advancements. Stakeholders are advocating for a substantial increase in budgetary allocation, emphasizing the need to bridge gaps in infrastructure, teacher training, and digital integration. With the previous budget allocating rupees 1.12 lakh crore to education, experts are calling for a potential 100 per cent increase to rupees 2.25 lakh crore to meet the ambitious targets set by the National Education Policy (NEP). The Budget 2024-25 comes when the government has faced significant criticism over recent controversies involving paper leaks and related issues.