If your car is sputtering, and a faulty fading battery appears to be the cause, the only immediate alternative is to try and jumpstart it by hooking it up with another running car.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman sought to do just that on Saturday (February 1, 2025) with her Union Budget for 2025-26 — jumpstart slowing economic activity with a significant ₹1 lakh crore tax stimulus for households of the sort the government has generally refrained from — in the hope that India’s weakening domestic demand will rebound and bring the economy back to the fast lane.
Union Budget 2025 | Highlights
Ms. Sitharaman began her speech by stating the Budget seeks to accelerate growth,…