<p>Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to present the Union Budget 2022-23 in Parliament on February 1.</p>.<p>As the nation is set to witness polls to five states later this year, the Union Budget is likely to be a people-pleaser with infrastructure and developmental announcements focused on poll-bound states apart from a spending push.</p>.<p>With pandemic-hit sectors awaiting allocations in the upcoming Budget, here's a look at the government's expenditure over the last seven years: </p>
<p>Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to present the Union Budget 2022-23 in Parliament on February 1.</p>.<p>As the nation is set to witness polls to five states later this year, the Union Budget is likely to be a people-pleaser with infrastructure and developmental announcements focused on poll-bound states apart from a spending push.</p>.<p>With pandemic-hit sectors awaiting allocations in the upcoming Budget, here's a look at the government's expenditure over the last seven years: </p>
