Budget 2024: Memes Sum Up Nation's Emotions After Nirmala Sitharaman Delivers Speech

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently tabled the Budget 2024, marking it her sixth presentation in the role. Following the customary budget speech, discussions ignited about various sectors like income tax slabs, railway budgets and allocations for education, health, infrastructure, banking, agriculture, defence, IT and more. While economic experts took the detailed analyses of the budget, a group of individuals took a unique approach by expressing their reactions through humourous memes. Just like every year, social media was flooded with budget related humour, ranging from middle class jokes to memes showing the struggle to understand the budget details. Adding a twist, the development plans for Lakshadweep have also become a source of entertainment for many, which will directly compete with the Maldives.

The Budget Session 2024 kicked off with President Droupadi Murmu addressing a joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, followed by the Finance Minister’s budget presentation. Social media platform X witnessed a surge in trending hashtags related to Budget 2024. Trends for India featured hashtags such as #Budget2024, #NirmalaSitharaman and #BudgetSession. Among the expert tweets, hilarious memes took over the internet and left everyone in stitches.

Meanwhile, Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget 2024 speech said that all parts of India are becoming active participants of economic growth. She added that India has stability and investments are robust. The economy is doing well. The Union Finance Minister also said that the government is working to make India ‘Viksit Bharat’ by 2047.

She said, “In 2014, the country was facing enormous challenges, the government overcame those challenges. Pro-people programmes were formulated and implemented promptly. Conditions were created for more opportunities for employment and entrepreneurship. The fruits of development started reaching the people at scale. The country got a new sense of purpose and hope. Naturally, the people blessed the Government with a bigger mandate.”

Nirmala Sitharaman further stated that citizens are experiencing an improved quality of life and enhanced earning opportunities. She highlighted that there has been a 50 percent increase in the average real income of the people. Sitharaman also pointed out that inflation remains at an adequate level, contributing to the overall economic stability. The Finance Minister expressed that individuals are becoming more empowered, equipped and enabled to follow their ambitions.