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Budget 2020 live streaming: Watch Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's speech here

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present the Union Budget budget for financial year 2020-21 in the Lok Sabha at 11 am on Saturday. 

Budget 2020 live streaming: Watch Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's speech here


Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present the Union Budget budget for financial year 2020-21 in the Lok Sabha at 11 am on Saturday. This is the second time that Sitharaman will 
present the Union Budget.

The Budget was approved during a cabinet meeting led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Parliament House. Before attending the Cabinet meeting, FM Sitharaman met President Ram Nath Kovind to submit a copy of Budget 2020 to the President Kovind. Sitharaman is scheduled to start her Budget speech at 11 am with an address to the speaker of Lok Sabha. 

It may be recalled that Sitharaman had announced corporate tax cuts in September 2019, raising hopes that the Union Finance Minister would make an announcement about reduction in 
personal income taxes in the Union Budget. 

Going by the people's expectations, sops for rural and agriculture sectors as well as an aggressive push on infrastructure spending are likely to be part of Finance Minister's "feel-good" second General Budget.

Experts maintain that Sitharaman is expected to pull out all stops to spur consumer demand and investment at a time when the country is facing the worst economic slowdown in more than a 
decade. Union Budget 2020-21 could not have come at a worse time for the government, as the economy faces high inflation, along with subdued growth and low job creation. Accordingly, 

these factors make the Union Budget presentation a unique affair, as economy watchers and investors eye the financial document for a stimulus package and further reforms to arrest the  slowdown cycle. 

According to economists, the Union Budget will be gauged by its ability to pass on some liquidity to the masses to restart the consumption cycle and to usher in investments. Investments 
have failed to pick up despite corporate tax cuts and other stimulus measures, higher FDI inflows, plans to consolidate state-owned banks and monetary easing.

You can watch the live streaming of presentation of Budget by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman here: