Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to lay out 2024 interim budget in Loksabha | English News | News18 Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2024 in Parliament today. This is an interim budget as it is prepared before the Lok Sabha elections. No changes have been announced to the tax regime in either the old or new regime. Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Nirmala Sitharaman for presenting a balanced budget.