Budget 2025 Live Streaming: Date, time, when and where to watch FM Nirmala Sitharaman’s speech on February 1?

Budget 2025 Live Streaming: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her record eighth consecutive Budget and the first full Budget of the Modi government's third term on Saturday, February 1.

The latest Budget is expected to cut income tax rates or slabs, boosting consumption and easing the burden on the middle class.

Expectations for income tax relief are high after Prime Minister Narendra Modi invoked Lakshmi—the goddess of wealth—on Friday to elevate the poor and middle class.

"I pray to Goddess Lakshmi that the poor and the middle-class sections in the country are blessed by her," PM Modi said.

Budget date and time: When will FM Nirmala Sitharaman present the Union Budget 2025?

The Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, will present the Union Budget 2025 at 11 am on Saturday, February 1, 2025.

Where to watch Union Budget 2025 live?

The Union Budget can be watched live on Doordarshan and Sansad TV channels. The live streaming of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's speech will also be available on Upstox's YouTube channel.

Upstox will also provide the cutting-edge latest updates, breaking news developments, and analyses related to the 2025 Budget.

In a post on X on Friday, the Ministry of Finance said that the latest Budget is being given final touches. "Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. @nsitharaman interacts with the Secretaries and the senior officials involved in the Budget making process @FinMinIndia while giving final touches to the Union Budget 2025-26 at her office in North Block, in New Delhi, today. Union Minister of State for Finance Shri @mppchaudhary also participated in the meeting," it said.

The Budget comes in the backdrop of the Economic Survey 2024-25, projecting India's GDP to grow at 6.3%-6.8% range in the financial year 2025-26 (FY26), which is much lower than what is needed to become a developed or Vikasit.

The pre-budget document stated that India would need an 8% GDP growth rate to become a developed nation by 2047.

In the current financial year, GDP is expected to grow 6.4%.