Odisha: Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik creates sand art depicting Budget 2025
Puri: Before it was presented in Parliament, sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik made a sand sculpture of the Union Budget 2025 on Puri Beach. Today, the Union Budget 2025 will be presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
“Welcome Union Budget 2025” is written on four tons of sand, which Pattnaik says he used to make the sand sculpture in an interview with the media report.
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“To celebrate the Union Budget 2025, I made a piece of sand art. Four tons of sand were used to make this artwork, which bears the words “Welcome Union Budget 2025.” “Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget 2025, which is the focus of the nation and the world,” he told the media report.
“I join other Indians with much excitement #UnionBudget2025,” Pattnaik wrote on X. Through my sand art on Puri Beach, Odisha, I greet the budget.
In addition, Pattnaik received India’s fourth-highest civilian honor, the Padma Shri. In Puri Beach, Odisha, he operates a sand art school.
Padma-awarded artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has so far received several awards for the nation and competed in over 65 international sand art festivals and contests. Through his sand art, he always seeks to raise awareness.
Through his artwork, the Odisha sand artist has raised awareness of a wide range of societal concerns, including COVID-19, HIV, AIDS, global warming, preventing terrorism, combating plastic pollution, and protecting the environment.
Today is the scheduled presentation of the Union Budget 2025–26, which aims to reconcile fiscal restraint and economic development while meeting the demands of important sectors, enterprises, and taxpayers.
Measures that stimulate demand, encourage capital investment, and assist vital industries like real estate, MSMEs, healthcare, artificial intelligence (AI), electric vehicles (EVs), and renewable energy are what industry leaders and experts are looking for. Additionally, one of the primary expectations is still that fiscal consolidation would continue.
Tax reduction for both people and corporations is one of the budget’s most anticipated features. In anticipation of higher exemption limits and standard deductions under the new tax system, taxpayers anticipate adjustments to tax slabs. Making yearly income up to Rs 10 lakh tax-free is in demand.
The standard deduction limit, which was Rs50,000 under the previous tax system and Rs75,000 under the current one, is also anticipated to rise, according to taxpayers.
President Droupadi Murmu gave a joint speech to kick off the Parliament’s budget session on Friday, January 31. On Friday, the Economic Survey was also tabled.
The first portion of the budget session will run until February 13. Following the break, the two Houses will reconvene on March 10 and end the session on April 4.
