‘This is just a trailer,’ says Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Interim Budget

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing the nation after the acting Finance Minister Piyush Goyal presented Modi government’s last budget before the 2019 polls. The Interim Budget for the 2019-20 fiscal was laid down in the Rajya Sabha on Friday, following which the Upper House was adjourned till Monday. After presenting the Budget 2019 in the Lok Sabha, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal laid down in the Upper House the 'medium term fiscal policy cum fiscal policy strategy statement' and 'macro-economic framework statement' under section 3(1) of Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003.

A motion for 'extension of presentation of the report of the select committee on ancient monuments and archaeological sites' was also adopted through voice vote. After that, Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu adjourned the House till Monday.