Budget reactions: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 presented the Union Budget 2025. Reacting to her speech, several prominent ministers and Chief Ministers lauded the budget and called it a ‘visionary’ and ‘inclusive’ budget. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Minister for Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, among others praised the BJP-led government and congratulated the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for eighth consecutive budget.