Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that this Budget, 2025-2026, focuses on ‘GYAN’ — ‘garib’ (poor), ‘yuva’ (youth), ‘annadata’ (farmers), ‘nari’ (women). Through various announcements in this year’s Budget,

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday presented the Union Budget 2025 and shared the government's financial roadmap for fiscal year 2025-26. In her 70-minute-long speech, the finance minister talked about cutting down tax burden on the middle class as individuals earning up to ₹12 lakh annually will not be required to pay any income tax under the new tax regime.

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget for 2025-26, marking her shortest full budget speech at 1 hour and 14 minutes. Notable past achievements include delivering the longest budget speech in 2020 and presenting India's first paperless budget in 2021.

Previously, startups incorporated between April 1, 2016 and March 31, 2024 were eligible for tax benefits under the Startup India program. The budget 2024 extended this deadline to March 2025, before extending it again to March 31, 2030, now.

For the 8th consecutive year, to present the Budget 2025, the Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman arrives in a handwoven Madhubani saree gifted to her by Padma Shri awardee Dulari Devi. The saree of the day features classic Madhubani designs like fish and nature-inspired art, elegantly adorned with golden borders.