Sitharaman will on February 1 present a record eighth consecutive Budget

Sitharaman also posed for group photo with Minister of State Pankaj Chaudhary and the full budget 2025-26 team after giving final touches to the Union Budget on Friday

The Budget 2025 is expected to contain measures to shore up weakening economic growth and ease the burden on the middle class

Sitharaman also interacted with the secretaries and the senior officials involved in the Budget making process at her office in North Block," the finance ministry said in a post on X

The Budget will come in the backdrop of the GDP growth rate projected to fall to 4-year low of 6.4 per cent in the current financial year, close to its decadal average

The Economic Survey 2024-25 tabled by the Finance Minister in both Houses has estimated India's GDP growing in the range of 6.3-6.8 per cent in FY26