This significant national financial blueprint outlines key economic policies, reforms, and allocations that will shape India's growth trajectory.

We have heard the voice of middle class who had been complaining about their aspirations not being met despite being honest taxpayers', Sitharaman said

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is delivering her eighth consecutive Union Budget, a record achievement. She presented the budget using a digital tablet encased in a traditional 'bahi-khata' style pouch.

President Murmu offered 'dahi-chini' (curd-sugar), considered auspicious, to Sitharaman before she left for Parliament to present the Union Budget.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman after her Union Budget speech on Saturday and praised her. In a video, PM Modi can be seen walking up to the Finance Minister's seat in Lok Sabha and greeting her.

As Nirmala Sitharaman reciprocated the gestures of her party members, Prime Minister Modi was seen rising from his seat and walking towards her.