New Delhi: The much-awaited budget i.e. Union Budget for the financial year 2023-24 was presented today by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. This was his fifth Union Budget as Union Finance Minister. The presentation lasted for about an hour and twenty-five minutes. She often used certain words while addressing the house or presenting the budget. This repetition of words reflects the focus of the government. Here are some of the words that appear frequently in FM’s speech,
Nirmala Sitharaman used the word “tax” 43 times in her 85-minute presentation of the 2023-24 budget. The finance minister also used the words “growth- 28 times”, “infrastructure- 26 times” and “digital- 21 times” in other words. ,Also Read: Union Budget 2023: 6 Key Money Reforms Announced By Finance Minister That Can Impact Your Finances,
A quantitative social scientist named Sahil Dev tweeted word frequencies from Sitharaman’s speech. In addition, the finance minister repeatedly used the words capital – 18 times and investment – 16 times.
Plotting the word frequencies of the recently concluded #Budget2023 speech, what’s the first thing you notice when you look at it? Eager to know! For me it was #Vikas, the focus is clear
Plotting recently finished word frequencies #budget2023 speech
What’s the first thing you see when you see it? Eager to know!
it was for me #Developmentthe focus is clear #data analysis #dataviz #rstats @apranjape @Girbane @sudhirmehtapune @SidShirole pic.twitter.com/rUaW0FXQCgSahil Dev (Dev Sahil) February 1, 2023
The biggest message from his address was the change in the new tax structure for the middle class.