Budget 2024 income tax expectations: Changes in income tax slabs, income tax rates, hike in standard deduction, Section 80C limit, more attractive new income tax regime – these are some of the top expectations of the common man and middle class from the Narendra Modi government’s Interim Union Budget 2024. Times of India Online surveyed 10 economists and experts on their major expectations from the budget. Asked whether there is a scope to provide income tax relief for the common man and middle class, the economists and experts were divided.