Hyderabad, Feb. 2 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2024 in the Lok Sabha on February 1. This was an interim budget as the Lok Sabha Election are scheduled in a few months.

The Budget did not bring any relief for middle-class tax payers as no changes were made in old and new tax regimes. Even as it was largely in line with the interim budgets, the industry is surprised at no change in taxes for financial year 2024-25.

The word 'tax' was spoken the most number of times during Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget speeches since she became finance minister in 2019. However, the usage of the word saw a sharp decline in the 2024 Budget speech as LS elections are nearing.

An analysis of her Budget speeches over the yea...