The second phase of the Budget session starts on March 9, and it is scheduled to go up to April 2, during which essential legislative and other business is expected to be addressed primarily.
Addressing a post-Budget seminar virtually also attended by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, PM Narendra Modi said his government has simplified processes, enhanced the ease of doing business, expanded technology-led governance, and strengthened institutions.
Publication of the Annual Economic Survey, a day before the Union Budget, is a much-awaited event.
Sitharaman also stated that the Centre is planning to set up mega textile parks and welcomed states to enter the industrial textiles sector.
The Union Budget 2026-2027 announced the setting up of a second National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS-2) in northern India.
Despite repeated reprimands from Speaker Om Birla, 19 hours and 13 minutes had already been lost during the Budget Session due to disruptions, sloganeering persisted
Budgets are rarely exciting. They are usually long documents filled with numbers, procedural language, and policy phrases that mean little to most citizens. Yet Union Budget 2026 is about far more than fiscal arithmetic.
The Union Budget sends a clear signal about how the government intends to navigate an increasingly uncertain global economy.
PM Narendra Modi said this year’s Budget, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament, will give India’s ‘Reform Express’ new energy and new momentum.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2026–27, highlighting initiatives for infrastructure, manufacturing, and employment. Our photo gallery captures Budget Day 2026, from Rashtrapati Bhavan rituals to key moments in Parliament.
