Budget 2025, Feb. 1 -- As India awaits the Modi 3.0 government's second full budget announcement today, all eyes are on Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The common man and India Inc are keeping a close watch, and the middle-class taxpayers hope for some relief from a burdensome tax system.

This will be FM Sitharaman's eighth budget speech. The budget presentation, which will start at 11 am, will be telecast on the official channels of the Indian Parliament, Doordarshan and Sansad TV.

As the clock ticks on the Budget 2025 presentation, let us look back at the previous budget announcement on July 23, 2024. Here is what the Union Budget 2024 planned for India.

The Union Budget 2024 focused on nine key elements as priorities to g...