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Pitch Report: Consumer sector wants Budget 2025 to deliver a delicate balance, of tax relief with higher infra spends

Consumer goods and durables makers want more money in the hands of people, and the government to spend for job creation

January 27, 2025 / 21:14 IST
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Analysts have also said that any support to the construction sector, which is the second highest employer in the country, would be highly effective too.

Tax relief measures are central to fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) and consumer durables makers expectations, from the coming Budget. But such measures will need to be delicately balanced with the need for government to spend on infrastructure, to spur job creation and thus to drive consumption demand.

On February 1, the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will announce Union Budget 2025-26.

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FMCG companies hope that she will announce income-tax relief, in the form of higher basic exemption limit or higher standard deduction; job creation through government spending; and lower indirect taxes.

Consumer durables hope for similar taxation measures, and lower import duties and wider coverage of production-linked incentive schemes (PLIS).