India, Feb. 1 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:

Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2025-26 in Parliament today. Here is the summary of her budget speech;

PART A

Quoting Telugu poet and playwright Shri Gurajada Appa Rao's famous saying, 'A country is not just its soil; a country is its people.' - the Finance Minister presented the Union Budget 2025-26 with the theme "Sabka Vikas" stimulating balanced growth of all regions.

In line with this theme, the Finance Minister outlined the broad Principles of Viksit Bharat to encompass the following:

a) Zero-poverty;

b) Hundred per cent good quality school education;

c) Access to high-quality, affordab...