**Nirmal Jain**, Founder of IIFL Group; **Kumar Mangalam Birla**, Chairman of Aditya Birla Group; **Jairam Varadaraj**, Managing Director of Elgi Equipments; **R.

Dinesh**, Chairman of TVS Supply Chain Solutions Limited; **P.

B.

Balaji**, Group CFO at Tata Motors Ltd.

; **Lakshminarayanan Duraiswamy**, MD of Sundaram Home Finance; **R.

Nandini**, Managing Director of Chandra Group, and Chairperson of CII-Southern Region.

Union Finance Minister **Nirmala Sitharaman** presented the **2024-25 Budget** on **July 23, 2024**, emphasizing her government’s nine priorities.

Ms.

Sitharaman stated that the Budget will focus on **productivity and resilience in agriculture, employment and skilling, inclusive human resource development and social justice, manufacturing and services, support for promotion of MSMEs, urban development, energy security, infrastructure, innovation, research and development**.

Here is a collection of all the Viewpoint columns where industry leaders react to the Union Budget 2024.

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