Budget 2024: Sitharaman announces help for Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Assam to tackle natural calamity effects | Indiablooms

New Delhi/IBNS: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced help for three hill states- Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Sikkim- and Assam to tackle the effects of natural calamity.

Sitharaman made the announcement delivering the Union Budget 2024 in Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

The Finance Minister has announced assistance for reconstruction from flood damages in Himachal Pradesh, help for Uttarakhand to recover from landslides and cloudbursts and assistance to Sikkim to battle natural calamity.

She has announced assistance to Assam for flood management and related projects. 

Sitharaman on Tuesday presented her first budget since the Modi government came to power for the third straight term after winning the Lok Sabha polls in June.

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