Current Affairs February 2025

1st February 2025

Union Budget 2025

• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the first full-fledged budget of NDA’s third term.
  • Nil tax slab extended up to ₹12 lakh income.
  • New income tax slabs introduced.

Environmental Conservation

• Four new Ramsar sites added in India, increasing the total to 89:
  • Sakkarakottai Bird Sanctuary (Tamil Nadu).
  • Therthangal Bird Sanctuary (Tamil Nadu).
  • Khecheopalri Wetland (Sikkim).
  • Udhwa Lake (Jharkhand).

Global Health

• Niger became the first African country to eliminate onchocerciasis.