Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for the 'comprehensive' and 'visionary' budget. Highlighting the Union government's decision to exempt income tax up to Rs 12 lakh,

Shah said the Budget covers every section from farmers to the middle class and every sector from nutrition and health, startups to innovation and investment... It is the roadmap for Modi's self-relian

As Nirmala Sitharaman presents her eighth consecutive budget, the salaried class will be expecting some relief in income tax rates.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's customary pre-Budget speech on Friday, January 31, gave the nation's middle class something to look forward to in Budget 2025. Every year, the middle class is mostly disappointed as the government introduces more schemes to benefit the poor and hardly has anything for the section that pays for most services through direct taxation.