Budget 2025: The country’s general budget will be presented today, February 1. The general public’s eyes are fixed on this budget, including many big railway announcements.
At the same time, senior citizens of the country also have a lot of expectations from the railway budget. Remember that before the coronavirus pandemic, a 50% discount was given on train ticket bookings. This discount was stopped during COVID-19. It is said that a 50 per cent discount can be given to senior citizens who book train tickets in this budget.
The whole country is eagerly waiting for the budget. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the country’s account book to the public in Parliament today, February 1, 2025 11 a.m. The budget has undergone many changes in its history.
The budget tradition changed in 2017.
Essential announcements related to defence, education, health, and Indian Railways are made in the general budget. During its tenure, the Modi government has changed many old traditions related to the budget, including the Rail Budget. Before 2017, a separate rail budget was presented for the Indian Railways.
The tradition of separately presenting the Rail Budget has been going on since independence. The tradition of a separate budget for railways in the country started in 1924.
It used to be presented a day before the presentation of the General Budget, but when the Narendra Modi government came to power at the Centre, the tradition of the Rail Budget was changed. The Modi government
had announced that they would resent the Rail Budget by combining it with the country’s general budget, and in fin2017, it started being presented together.
The Narendra Modi government ended this tradition that had been going on for 92 years. In the Modi government, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the Raet the General Budget.
Expectations from Budget 2025
On February 1, 2025, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the first entire budget of the third term of the Modi government. Senior citizens believe the government can include their demands in the budget. This will benefit millions of senior citizens, making their travel cheaper. No, it remains to be seen whether Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman fulfils the tfulfilsctation of senior citizens