Interim Budget: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the interim budget on February 1. There are hopes and expectations from various segments of the population regarding the budget. Some believe that Sitharaman might deliver a populist budget due to the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, while others think the government is not under pressure to please different voting segments. Another argument is that the budget might provide benefits to the bottom rungs of the economy, including rural and urban poor. The budget could also extend social security benefits to domestic workers as part of the proposed Social Security Code.