MET Institute of Management organised its annual session on budget ‘Arthshakti – Union Budget Analysis 2024’ on 03rd February 2024, for its MMS Batch 2023-25 & 2022-24. The Annual event was planned to help students decode and assimilate the union budget and understand its impact on corporate functioning.

To conduct the session Mr. Dheeraj Bhandari, Direct & Indirect Taxation Expert and Mr. Balachandran S, Investment Advisory Head, Trust Capital were invited.

Mr. Dheeraj Bhandari shed light on the vision encapsulated in the Four Pillars of Viksit Bharat. Delving into the focus areas of the budget and also how the first interim budget, September 1947, was a memorable moment in a nation's economic journey. The unveiling of this budget often set the tone for fiscal policies and priorities.

Mr. Balachandran delved into the congruence of Crime Solving and emphasised "Follow the money trail" to help understand and decode the budget. He discussed the importance of following government initiatives as one of the decisions that businessmen take while exposing students to the importance of understanding the budget. He discussed the “four castes”- the government's focus on the empowerment of four groups-- women, youth, farmers, and the poor as discussed in the budget.

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