new delhi finance minister nirmala sitharaman on tuesday unveiled a budget that sought to keep the momentum of economic recovery going with a 35 increase in government spending on asset creation the budget which left income tax rates and slabs unchanged and was bereft of populist promises despite coming ahead of assembly polls appears to be banking on growthsitharaman told reporters the pms message was clear no additional taxes during the pandemicread alsounion budget 2022 poll season but no populismnew delhi among the striking features of the budget is one it does not have coming amid electioneering in uttar pradesh and other states it was expected to have freebies especially in a season that has seen contenders in the various battlegrounds seeking to outmuscle each other on populism butunion budget 2022 explained in chartsnew delhi finance minister nirmala sitharaman on tuesday presented a budget worth rs 3945 lakh crore with massive push to infrastructure spending from expansion of national highways affordable housing to manufacturing of 400 new generation vande bharat trains and more such measures thethese were most used words in fm sitharamans shortest budget speechnew delhi at just over 90 minutes finance minister nirmala sitharaman on tuesday delivered her shortest budget speech so far this was the fourth time she presented the union budget in parliament the speech roughly 9200 words long was peppered with words like digital infrastructure andbudget 202223 bets on spending spur to sustain eco recoveryadds details new delhi feb 1 pti finance minister nirmala sitharaman on tuesday unveiled a bigger rs 3945 lakh crore budget with higher spending on highways to affordable housing with a view to fire up the key engines of the economy to sustain a worldbeating recovery from the pandemicwinners and losers in union budget 2022 aiming to bolster growthprime minister narendra modis government laid out indias budget for the financial year starting april 1 months after a devastating second covid19 wave that crippled small businesses and deepened the countrys already vast inequalities with five states including the politically significantif the content of the budget was an intended booster shot its focus was unmistakably digital with the use of tech to ensure prompt and targeted delivery running as a constant theme through much of her speech it also marked a bold move into sunrise spheres green technology ai semiconductors and dronespresenting her fourth budget the fm took a whole of government approach on a gamut of infrastructure projects by extending gatishakti beyond the centre to the states gatishakti which brings schemes and projects related to seven key sectors on a common platform has been positioned as a flagship initiative to ensure better delivery of infrastructure with large dollops of allocation for telecom highways and railwayswelfarist measures were not given a goby with priority on improvement of infrastructure and quality of life in rural areas but relatively speaking they seemed to have yielded to a focus on infra capexthe fm said she was laying the foundation for amrit kaal the 25year