Budget deficit of 18 lakh crore worrying, the govt is borrowing for expenditure: Manish Tiwari

Slamming the Union Interim Budget 2024, Congress MP Manish Tewari on February 01 said that this budget is a vote-on-account which has only one purpose to keep the government solvent for the first quarter of the current fiscal year.“It is a 'vote-on-account' which has only one purpose to keep the government solvent for the first quarter of the current fiscal year. What's worrying is that there is a Budget deficit of Rs 18 lakh crores. This means that the government is borrowing for its expenditure. This number is only going to increase next year,” said Manish Tewari.