Budget 2025 _53098755_2025_02_06_12_42
Budget 2025 _53098755_2025_02_06_12_42
Budget 2025 _53098755_2025_02_06_12_42
Budget 2025
• It is a statement of the estimated receipts and
expenditure of the Government in a Financial
Year (which begins on 1st April of the current
year and ends on 31st March of the following
year).
• The term ‘Budget’ is not mentioned in the
constitution.
• The constitution refer it as ‘Annual Financial
Statement’. ( Article 112 )
• Article 266 - Parliamentary approval is
required to draw money from the Consolidated
Fund of India.
• Article 114 – Appropriation Bill Needed.
• Appropriation Bill gives power to the
government to withdraw funds from the
Consolidated Fund of India for meeting the
expenditure during the financial year.
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Railway Budget
• The recommendation of the Acworth Committee
separated the railway budget from the general
budget in 1924.
• The merger of Railway Budget with General
Budget is based on the recommendations of the
Committee headed by Shri Bibek Debroy
• The Government has decided to merge Rail
Budget with the Union Budget from budget year
2017-18.
• “A country is not just its soil; a country is its
people”
• By Telugu poet and playwright Shri Gurajada
Appa Rao’s
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The government has presented the Union Budget 2025-26 with the
Theme “Sabka Vikas.” i.e Viksit Bharat
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Viksit Bharat
1) Accelerate growth,
2) Secure inclusive development,
3) Invigorate private sector investments,
4) Uplift household sentiments, and
5) Enhance spending power of India’s rising middle
class.
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Four Engines
• 1st Engine: Agriculture
• 2nd Engine: MSMEs
• 3rd Engine: Investment
• 4th Engine: Exports
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2nd Engine: MSMEs
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Credit Cards for Micro Enterprises:
• Customised Credit Cards with a ₹ 5 lakh limit
for micro enterprises registered on Udyam
portal.
• In the first year, 10 lakh such cards will be
issued.
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3rd Engine: Investment
Investment in People
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11. Gig workers enter into formal agreements with
on-demand companies to provide services to
the company's clients.
• Gig worker’s identity cards, e-Shram
registration, and healthcare under PM Jan
Arogya Yojana.
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State-Level Incentives –
• Performance-linked incentives (PLI) will be provided to states that improve
tourist facilities, cleanliness, and marketing efforts.
Better Connectivity
• Transport and logistics infrastructure will be improved to make it easier
for people to travel to popular destinations.
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4th Engine: Exports
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Direct Taxes Proposals
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1. New Direct Tax Slabs
• Tax-Free Income Limit Raised: No income
tax on annual income up to ₹12 Lakh.
• Salaried Taxpayers Benefit: Those earning
up to ₹12.75 Lakh pay NIL tax due to a
₹75,000 standard deduction.
• Revenue Impact: ₹1 Lakh Crore loss due to tax reductions.
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2. Sector specific proposals
• Make in India- Exemption to open cell for
LED/LCD TV, looms for textiles, capital
goods for lithium ion battery of mobile
phones and EVs
• Export promotion – duty free inputs for
handicraft and leather sectors.
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Capital Receipts
• Money earned by selling assets (or disinvestment)
Revenue Receipts
• Money earned by the government through tax (such as excise duty, income
tax) and non-tax sources (such as dividend income, profits, interest
receipts).
Revenue Expenditure
• For example, this includes salaries, interest payments, pension, and
administrative expenses.
Capital expenditure
• Long-term investments by the government on creating assets such as roads
and hospitals.
• Money given by the government in the form of loans to states or repayment
of its borrowings.
• Effective capital expenditure is defined as the sum of capital expenditure
and grants for creation of capital assets to States.
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• The Railways' operating ratio (OR), which measures how much is spent to
earn ₹100, is projected at ₹98.43 for 2025-2026.
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