Deputy CM Diya Kumari to present Rajasthan Budget 2026–27 on Wednesday

The Rajasthan state budget for fiscal year 2026-27 will be presented in the state assembly on Wednesday. Deputy Chief Minister Diya Kumari, who holds the Finance portfolio, will deliver her third successive budget speech in the House at 11:00 am.

The size of the budget last year (2025-26) was Rs 5.37 lakh crore. Keeping this in mind, analysts and economists are speculating on the growth of 7 to 10 per cent in the budget funds compared to last year. They are expecting the finance minister to conclude the process of finalising the budget size at around Rs 5.70 to Rs 6 lakh crore, with a major boost to the infrastructure development.

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The budget session of the state assembly began here on January 28 with an inaugural address by Governor Haribhau Bagade on the opening day.

In the six sittings so far, besides the routine business of the Question Hour and the Zero Hour, the House also debated and adopted the Vote of Thanks to the Governor for delivering his inaugural speech. After Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma’s reply to the five-day debate on vote of thanks, Speaker Vasudev Devnani had adjourned the house until 11:00 am on February 11, 2026.

Although intermittent verbal clashes, witty pot-shots, forced adjournments, and on a couple of occasions during the debate and discharge of other routine business marred the proceedings, the house by and large discharged business smoothly, compared to the experience during the previous sessions.