{"id":33022,"date":"2025-01-20T14:42:27","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T09:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/?p=33022"},"modified":"2025-07-24T14:03:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T08:33:03","slug":"union-budget-2025-26-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/union-budget-2025-26-expectations\/","title":{"rendered":"Union Budget 2025-26 &#8211; Live Updates and What are Industry Anticipation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Latest Update on Union Budget  2025-26: <\/strong>Union Finance Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nirmala_Sitharaman\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman<\/a>, with the trade unions and industry representatives on 6th January 2025, concluded the pre-budget meetings. With the Union budget set to be tabled on the 1st February 2025 in the parliament house, citizens are expecting key reforms in the upcoming Union budget 2025-26, especially addressing the issues of complexities and rising rates of income tax regimes along with the deteriorating job market.\u00a0<\/p><p>However, income tax and the job market are not the only areas of concern for the public and industry leaders. CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/nimbusgroup.net\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nimbus group<\/a>, Sahil Aggarwal, is expecting the government to rationalise taxation systems and the 12% property tax. In some states, this tax rate is even higher. Sahil said that the current Modi government urged the statement governments to review the property tax rates in the last budget. However, this request has still yet to be brought to life, and Sahil Aggarwal expects the Indian government to enact a suitable policy in the Union Budget 2025-26 to address the issue.<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman concluded the pre-budget meetings on 6th January 2025.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li>Anticipations of the Indian public are growing larger in the income tax and job sector from the Union budget 2025-26.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li>Sahil Aggarwal &#8211; CEO of Nimbus group, stated that he expects teh government to address the issue of high property tax in the forthcoming budget FY 2026.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/union-budget-2025-26-expectations\/#Union_Budget_Sessions_Update\" title=\"Union Budget Sessions Update\">Union Budget Sessions Update<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/union-budget-2025-26-expectations\/#What_Are_The_Expectations_Of_Industries_From_the_Budget_2025-26\" title=\"What Are The Expectations Of Industries From the Budget 2025-26\">What Are The Expectations Of Industries From the Budget 2025-26<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/union-budget-2025-26-expectations\/#MSME_Expectations_from_the_Budget_2025\" title=\"MSME Expectations from the Budget 2025&nbsp;\">MSME Expectations from the Budget 2025&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/union-budget-2025-26-expectations\/#Union_Budget_2025_Expectations_Education_Sector_%E2%80%93\" title=\"Union Budget 2025 Expectations (Education Sector) &#8211;&nbsp;\">Union Budget 2025 Expectations (Education Sector) &#8211;&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/union-budget-2025-26-expectations\/#Key_Takeaways\" title=\"Key Takeaways\">Key Takeaways<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/union-budget-2025-26-expectations\/#Frequently_Asked_Questions\" title=\"Frequently Asked Questions&nbsp;\">Frequently Asked Questions&nbsp;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/union-budget-2025-26-expectations\/#1_Is_the_Budget_for_2025-26_announced\" title=\"1. Is the Budget for 2025-26 announced?\">1. Is the Budget for 2025-26 announced?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/union-budget-2025-26-expectations\/#2_What_are_the_key_expectations_from_the_Budget_2025\" title=\"2. What are the key expectations from the Budget 2025?\">2. What are the key expectations from the Budget 2025?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/union-budget-2025-26-expectations\/#3_Will_the_income_tax_be_reduced_in_this_years_budget\" title=\"3. Will the income tax be reduced in this year\u2019s budget?\">3. Will the income tax be reduced in this year\u2019s budget?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/union-budget-2025-26-expectations\/#4_What_is_Union_Budget_2025-26\" title=\"4. What is Union Budget 2025-26?\">4. What is Union Budget 2025-26?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/union-budget-2025-26-expectations\/#5_What_was_the_budget_for_the_year_2024\" title=\"5. What was the budget for the year 2024?\">5. What was the budget for the year 2024?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/union-budget-2025-26-expectations\/#Read_Our_Articles_on_the_Best_Stocks\" title=\"Read Our Articles on the Best Stocks\">Read Our Articles on the Best Stocks<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/union-budget-2025-26-expectations\/#Also_Explore\" title=\"Also Explore\">Also Explore<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/union-budget-2025-26-expectations\/#Univest_Screeners\" title=\"Univest Screeners\">Univest Screeners<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/union-budget-2025-26-expectations\/#Explore_Webstories_on_Univest\" title=\"Explore Webstories on Univest&nbsp;\">Explore Webstories on Univest&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Union_Budget_Sessions_Update\"><\/span><strong>Union Budget Sessions Update<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><p>The budget sessions for the upcoming Union Budget 2025-26 will begin on 31st January 2025 and conclude on 4th April 2025.\u00a0 These sessions will be initiated by a speech from the Honourable President of India, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Droupadi_Murmu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Draupadi Murmu<\/a>, addressing both the lower and the upper house of the parliament.\u00a0<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/univest-blog.storage.googleapis.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20144142\/budget-image-2-1024x536.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/univest-blog.storage.googleapis.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20144142\/budget-image-2-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/univest-blog.storage.googleapis.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20144142\/budget-image-2-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/univest-blog.storage.googleapis.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20144142\/budget-image-2-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/univest-blog.storage.googleapis.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20144142\/budget-image-2-900x471.jpg 900w, https:\/\/univest-blog.storage.googleapis.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20144142\/budget-image-2-600x314.jpg 600w, https:\/\/univest-blog.storage.googleapis.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20144142\/budget-image-2-150x79.jpg 150w, https:\/\/univest-blog.storage.googleapis.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20144142\/budget-image-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Are_The_Expectations_Of_Industries_From_the_Budget_2025-26\"><\/span><strong>What Are The Expectations Of Industries From the Budget 2025-26<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><p><strong>Budget Expectation 2025 (<a href=\"https:\/\/univest.in\/stocks\/biocon\/biocon-ltd-share-price-today?exchange=NSE\">Biocon<\/a>) &#8211; <\/strong>Chairperson of Biocon Kiran Mazumdar Shaw has urged the government to exempt life-saving drugs for cancer and rare diseases from taxes. She said that by doing so, the government would be helping a large mass of the Indian public who find these treatments out of their budgets due to rising taxes on medical equipment and other services. Additionally, the taxes on medical imports are also a major area of concern because imports of medications for chronic disease attract a 12% tax rate, and the rate on medical equipment can go as high as 36%.&nbsp;<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"MSME_Expectations_from_the_Budget_2025\"><\/span><strong>MSME Expectations from the Budget 2025&nbsp;<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><p>The MD of Wonderchef, Ravi Saxena, is expecting the government to enact reforms to uplift and boost the growth of the Micro Services and Medium Enterprises sector in the Union Budget. The key expectations include strengthening manufacturing facilities, enhancing Production Linked Incentives schemes (PLI), and reducing compliance burdens.&nbsp;<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Union_Budget_2025_Expectations_Education_Sector_%E2%80%93\"><\/span><strong>Union Budget 2025 Expectations (Education Sector) &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><p>The New Education Policy (NEP) 2020 increased the GDP percentage share in the education sector to 6%. Against these, the government has allocated around 4.1% to 4.5% to the education sector within the 9 years of 2015-2024. Dinesh Gupta, founder and CEO of Vikalp Online School, mentioned that he expects the Modi Government to allocate 6% of the budget to the education sector in the upcoming budget for 2025. He added that India has world-class teachers and exceptional students working in key roles in big MNCs and other sectors, but we lack good institutes, which are the need of the hour.&nbsp;<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Key_Takeaways\"><\/span><strong>Key Takeaways<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Union Finance and Cabinet Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to present the Union Budget FY26 on 1st February 2025. However, the date is not officially confirmed, but the past trend suggests that the Finance minister will be presenting her 8th Union budget under the Modi Government at 11 AM.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li>Investors, the general public, and industry leaders anticipate a wide range of new policy introductions and budget allocations in the Union Budget 2025, which will be spread across various uses and sectors of the economy.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li>Rationalisation and simplifications of income tax regimes, job sector boost, upliftment of the manufacturing sector and domestic demand, reduced healthcare sector tax, and increased education sector allocation are some of the focus areas for the Union Budget 2025.<\/li><\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Frequently_Asked_Questions\"><\/span><strong>Frequently Asked Questions&nbsp;<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Is_the_Budget_for_2025-26_announced\"><\/span>1. <strong>Is the Budget for 2025-26 announced?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><p>No, the budget for 2025-26 has not yet been announced. The central government is expected to present the budget on 1st February 2025.&nbsp;<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_What_are_the_key_expectations_from_the_Budget_2025\"><\/span>2. <strong>What are the key expectations from the Budget 2025?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><p>The key expectations of the budget 2025 are:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Reduced and simplified income tax for individuals<\/li>\n\n<li>Increased domestic demand&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li>Creation of more job opportunities<\/li>\n\n<li>Tax exemptions and rebates in key sectors such as healthcare<\/li>\n\n<li>Boostin of domestic manufacturing facilities<\/li><\/ul><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Will_the_income_tax_be_reduced_in_this_years_budget\"><\/span>3. <strong>Will the income tax be reduced in this year\u2019s budget?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><p>There is no official confirmation about the reduction in income tax from the Union Budget 2025-26. However, some tweaks are expected in the Union from the government, which includes an anticipated increase in the exemption limit from 3L to 5L. If this limit is implemented, individuals will not be required to pay a tax of up to 5 lac if their total income is 7 Lac or more under the new tax regime. Additionally, an increase in the standard deduction can also be expected under the new regime, which is currently Rs 75,000.&nbsp;<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_What_is_Union_Budget_2025-26\"><\/span>4. <strong>What is Union Budget 2025-26?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><p>The Union Budget 2025-26 is an annual statement of all the income and expenditure incurred by the government in the previous year, along with estimated records of all the revenue and spending that will be undertaken in the financial year 2025-26.&nbsp;<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5_What_was_the_budget_for_the_year_2024\"><\/span>5. <strong>What was the budget for the year 2024?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><p>For the year 2024-25, the budget estimates included a total expenditure of Rs 48.21 lakh crores and net tax receipts of Rs 25.83 lakh crores, with the fiscal deficit 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