Overview
- Multiple outlets report the government is likely to stick to February 1 for the Budget presentation, though the Budget Session schedule has not been officially notified.
- Sources say the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs will decide soon, with the Sunday date overlapping Guru Ravidas Jayanti prompting procedural review.
- Preparations are on track with pre-Budget consultations completed, provisional Budget and Revised Estimates prepared, and GDP inputs being gathered from the CSO.
- Weekend presentations have precedent on Saturdays in 2020 and 2025, but a Sunday presentation would be a first since the date was fixed for February 1 in 2017.
- If presented next month, Nirmala Sitharaman’s exercise would be her ninth consecutive Budget, underscoring continuity as markets and lawmakers await the formal session timetable.