Budget 2019: No Economic Survey to be presented today; Govt set to present Interim Budget on Feb 1

New Delhi, Jan 31 (KNN) As the budget session in the Parliament started today, the Union Finance Minister Piyush Goyal is all set to present Narendra Modi government's sixth and final Budget, which will be an interim one.

The Budget Session will decide on the Budget for spending for four months till a new government is sworn-in.

The Economic Survey will also be presented by the new government elected after general elections due by May.

The Finance Ministry had clarified that the Budget will be called interim Budget 2019-20 following confusion in political circle that the government may come up with full Budget ahead of the general elections.

Last week, Railway Minister Goyal was given additional charge of the Finance Ministry. Jaitley as the Finance Minister has presented five Budgets.