New Delhi, July 23: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met President Droupadi Murmu ahead of presenting the Union Budget 2024 in Parliament, as per tradition.

The Finance Minister and her team briefed the President about the provisions of the Budget.

President Murmu then fed the Finance Minister 'Curd and Sugar' which is a symbol of wishes for good luck.

The Finance Minister will now head for the Cabinet meeting before she presents the Budget in Parliament. Meanwhile, documents for the 2024 Union Budget reached Parliament on Tuesday as Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present the Union Budget 2024.

The documents for the Jammu and Kashmir Budget have also reached the Parliament. Sitharaman will also present the budget of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir for 2024-25 after presenting the General Budget for the year.

Earlier, the Finance Minister left the North Block offices of the Finance Ministry with a copy of the Union Budget 2024-25 which as has been tradition, is in a digital format. The Finance Minister along with her team posed for a photo opportunity along with the red 'Bahi Khatha' digital tablet before they left for Rashtrapati Bhavan.

This Budget wil mark Sitharaman's seventh consecutive budget eclipsing the late Moraji Desai's record of six consecutive budgets, which is likely to focus on changes in the income tax structure and improving the ease of doing business in India.

(ANI)

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