<h1>Interim budget serves as a vote on account expected to propose welfare expansions and hinge on central fiscal support.</h1> The interim budget functions as a vote on account ahead of state elections, proposing expenditures and flagship allocations contingent on the incumbent's return; precedents of enhanced welfare spending raise expectations of expanded or new benefits for targeted constituencies. Final budgetary contours will depend on the Union Budget's impact on central transfers, borrowing limits and any settlement of state dues, and follow completion of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. Opposition parties will scrutinise the package for potential pre-poll inducements.