New Delhi, Feb. 8 -- The Parliament Thursday gave its nod to the Narendra Modi government's interim Budget with Rajya Sabha returning the Finance Bill 2024 and related appropriation bills after discussion.

The Jammu and Kashmir Appropriation Bill, 2024 was also returned.

A total of 33 members of the Rajya Sabha participated in the discussion on the interim Budget.

Replying to the discussion, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the government's focus in the interim Budget is on capital expenditure (capex) for asset creation.

She emphasised that capex is spent on creating assets, which can be used by all citizens equally, and their common infrastructure which improves the 'ease of living' for everybody.

The Finance Minister p...