Budget 2026 News

This Budget shows a confident, future-ready Bharat, says Piyush Goyal

This is a Budget that shows a future-ready Bharat, and carries forward the reforms that the Prime Minister initiated on August 15 last year, says Goyal

Budget 2026 plans seven high-speed rail corridors at ₹16 trillion outlay

India's planned seven high-speed rail corridors will cost about Rs 16 trillion, with higher indigenisation and lessons from the Mumbai-Ahmedabad line expected to speed up execution

Union Budget 2026-27: Big push for SMEs with ₹10,000 crore Growth Fund

Budget FY27 proposes a Rs 10,000-crore SME Growth Fund, mandatory TReDS adoption for CPSEs, and expanded credit guarantees to improve equity access, liquidity, and payment discipline for MSMEs

Budget 2026 conservative, focuses on fiscal stability: BofA Securities

BofA Securities said the modest fiscal consolidation rests on "very realistic" revenue and expenditure assumptions, adding to the credibility of the Ministry of Finance

Sitharaman's ninth Budget balances youth push with outreach to poll states

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stressed youth-led growth, SME capacity building and region-specific measures, seeking to address trade challenges while signalling outreach to poll-bound states

Budget 2026: E-Courts Phase III gets ₹1,200 crore; law outlay ₹4,509 crore

Budget 2026-27 keeps allocation for e-Courts Phase III unchanged at ₹1,200 crore, underscoring continued emphasis on judicial digitisation

Budget 2026: Strengthening the architecture of India's next growth phase

India must also remain deeply integrated with global markets, exporting more and attracting stable long-term investment

Budget 2026 gives manufacturing a shot in the arm as ECMS outlay jumps

The Union Budget 2026-27 sharply raises allocations for electronics components, semiconductors, launches ISM 2.0, unveils fresh textile initiatives to strengthen domestic manufacturing and exports

Union Budget 2026-27 lays path to maintain economic growth momentum

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and top officials explain the thinking behind Budget 2026-27, from record capex and tax reforms to disinvestment and global risks

Buyback taxed as capital gains, not dividends, to benefit high earners

Finance Bill 2026 shifts share buyback proceeds to capital gains tax from April 2026, easing the burden for many investors, while tightening tax rules for SGB buyers

Budget 2026-27 Highlights: FM Sitharaman boosts manufacturing across sectors

Budget 2026-27 Highlights: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her ninth straight Union Budget in the Lok Sabha on Sunday. Catch updates here

Union Budget 2026-27: Buyback proceeds to be treated as capital gains

Budget 2026 proposes a major overhaul of share buyback taxation, shifting proceeds from dividend income to capital gains to simplify rules, reduce arbitrage, and rebalance outcomes for promoters

Budget 2026: Centre allocates ₹30K cr for MGNREGA to clear pending dues

New Act to be notified from April 1, giving states six months to transition and notify it individually

16th Finance Commission retains 41% devolution, introduces GDP criterion

the 16th Finance Commission kept tax devolution at 41%, added GDP contribution as a new criterion, dropped revenue deficit grants, and pushed states towards stronger fiscal discipline

Union Budget 2026-27: Over ₹1 trillion earmarked for the nation's health

Biopharma Shakti initiative to tackle burden of non-communicable diseases, turn India into global, innovation-led hub

Budget 2026: Big push for data centres and simpler tax for GCC growth

Transfer pricing rate fixed at 15.5% to boost GCC confidence

Budget 2026: Food subsidy seen rising 12% in FY26 on higher procurement

Officials said the higher provisioning also means that the Food Corporation of India might not have to rely on borrowing or any other means in FY27 to fund its shortfall

Budget 2026: Indian Railways to see record capex of ₹2.92 trillion in FY27

Union Budget for 2026-27 lines up new high-speed rails, freight corridor

Budget 2026 softens penalty, prosecution norms for individual taxpayers

Budget 2026 signals a shift towards trust-based taxation by easing penalties, limiting prosecution for small and technical lapses

Opposition slams Budget 2026 for weak economic strategy, neglect of states

Opposition parties, including ruling dispensations in poll-bound West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, said the Budget fails on economic strategy, worsens fiscal stress on states, and undermines federalism