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Election watch

General-election timing: consult the Election Commission calendar.

A future national polling date has not been verified in this collection. State elections have separate timetables.

Checked 2026-09-17. Union-budget documents and a historical opposition manifesto are available; a complete matched set of next-election party budgets has not been verified.

Government and alternative plans

Source documents for reference. A party's costing is its own estimate unless identified as independent. Different years, definitions and government levels are not directly comparable. These documents do not automatically change the simulator.

Union budget documents · FY 2026–27

Union Budget 2026–27 ↗

Ministry of Finance, Government of India

Official budget statements, receipts, expenditure and fiscal-policy documents. These cover the Union government, not all state and local finances.

Historical opposition manifesto · 2024 election

Nyay Patra ↗

Indian National Congress

The Congress election programme. Kept explicitly dated to 2024; not a fully costed next-election alternative budget.

Tax starting points

Income tax: 0–30% new regime + levies
Corporation tax: 22% optional / 25–30% + levies
VAT / sales tax: 5% / 18% GST; special rates
Tariffs: Rates depend on the product, origin and trade agreement.

Personal default regime from FY 2025/26 onward; rebates, deductions, surcharge and cess affect liability. Corporate reference is FY 2025/26 domestic-company basic rates: 25% or 30%, or optional 22% with conditions. Surcharge and cess are additional; this is not an effective-rate comparison.

Tax sources checked 2026-09-17. These are headline references; marginal rates apply to income bands, not every unit of income. Payroll contributions and allowances are not included in this compact comparison.

Income tax source · Corporation tax source · WTO tariff schedules

Pension schedules still marked “Not yet verified” are missing verified comparison data, not countries without pensions. Pension entitlements depend on contributions, age, residence and scheme.

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