Vivek Gupta from Deloitte, Vinayak Chatterjee from CII Infra Council, Rahul Ahluwalia from FED, and Nasser Saleem from Flexi Capital share their insights on Union Budget 2025. What do the reforms mean for stock market? Is 'infrastructure' as a concept changing in this budget?
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is presenting a record eighth consecutive budget, which is expected to contain measures that ease the burden on the middle class struggling with high prices and stagnant wage growth while being fiscally prudent. As per the Economic Survey tabled on Friday, the Indian economy is expected to grow at 6.3-6.8 percent in 2025-26. While India will need structural reforms and deregulation to reinforce medium-term growth potential, investment activity is expected to pick up.