New Delhi: The most awaited Budget i.e Union Budget for the fiscal year 2023-24 presented today by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. This was her fifth Union Budget as a central finance minister. The presentation lasted about one hour and twenty-five minutes. While addressing the house or presenting the budget, she frequently used some words. This repeatation of words shows the focus of the government. Here are such words that frequently appeared in FM’s speech,
Nirmala Sitharaman used the word “tax” 43 times in her 85-minute presentation of the budget for 2023–24. The Finance Minister also used “development- 28 times”, “infrastructure- 26 times” and “digital- 21 times”, among other words. (Also Read: Union Budget 2023: 6 Major Money-Related Reforms Announced by FM That Can Affect Your Finances)
A quantitative social scientist named Sahil Deo tweeted word frequencies from Sitharaman’s speech. Additionally, the Finance Minister frequently used the words capital-18 times and investment- 16 times.
He tweeted, Plotting the word frequencies of the recently finished #Budget2023 speech What do you see first when you look at this? Interested to know! For me it was #development, the focus is clear
Plotting the word frequencies of the recently finished #Budget2023 speech
What do you see first when you look at this? Interested to know!
For me it was #developmentthe focus is clear #DataAnalytics #dataviz #rstats @aparanjape @Girbane @sudhirmehtapune @SidShirole pic.twitter.com/rUaW0FXQCg
Sahil Deo (DeoSahil) February 1, 2023
The greatest message from her address was the shake-up in the new tax structure for the middle class.