Budget 2025: Since the formation of the BJP government at the Center in 2014, major changes have been made in the budget. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the year 2017-18, the then Finance Minister Arun Jaitley made a major change in the country’s budget and started presenting the separate railway budget along with the general budget. From then till now the Railway Budget is presented along with the General Budget. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the country’s budget for the financial year 2025-26 on February 1.
Railway budget may be Rs 3 lakh crore
Looking at the current development model of the country, it is expected that this time the government may allocate a record budget for the Railways. In the budget presented on July 23 last year, the government had made a record allocation of about Rs 2,62,200 crore for the Railways. Experts believe that this time the government can increase the budget of Railways by 15 to 20 percent, due to which the budget allocated for Railways will reach around Rs 3 lakh crore.
Special focus on these projects including bullet train
The government can focus on using AI for other operational tasks like bullet train project, armor system and ticketing. Apart from this, focus will also be on Amrit Bharat Station Scheme and Gati Shakti Multi-Modal Cargo Terminal to attract private sector investment in cargo infrastructure. According to reports, the government is working on putting 90 new Vande Bharat train sets into services. Along with this, orders for bigger coaches of goods train are also to be placed.
Nirmala Sitharaman will present her 8th budget
This will be the 8th budget of Nirmala Sitharaman. This will be the second budget after PM Narendra Modi becomes Prime Minister for the third time. The first full budget of PM Modi’s third term was presented in July last year, after he formed the government with his allies in June 2024.
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