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Podcast: Daily News Dose
Episode: Union Budget 2026 in a nutshell: Major tax changes and key highlights | Feb 1, 2026
Description: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget on February 1, setting two records in the process. She became the first finance minister to present the Budget nine times in a row, and the first to do so on a Sunday. But despite the reform pitch ahead of the speech, the Budget was widely seen as lacklustre, with markets reacting negatively. So what did the government actually announce, and why has the response been muted?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.