• Lok Sabha passes Rs 45 lakh crore Budget 2023-24 without debate

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    Lok Sabha passes Rs 45 lakh crore Budget 2023-24 without debate
    Speaker Om Birla applied the guillotine and kept some requests for grants of all ministries for a vote amid the clamour ...

    Digital Desk: Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Union Budget, which calls for around Rs 45 lakh crore in expenditures for the fiscal year 2023–2024.

    After the house reconvened, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduced the necessary appropriation bills for discussion and voting as well as the demands for grants for years 2023–24.

    Speaker Om Birla applied the guillotine and kept some requests for grants of all ministries for a vote amid the clamour and ongoing uproar by the opposition calling for a Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Adani issue.

    It should be noted that the expected total expenditure for the current fiscal year, which ends on March 31, 2023, is Rs. 41,87,232 crore, which is Rs. 3,93,431 crore higher than the expenditure for 2021–2022.