Budget 2026 News

Budget 2026 announcements expected to give indirect boost to realty sector

Industry executives say the Budget's focus on data centres, city economic regions and infrastructure funding for tier 2 and 3 cities could spur demand across industrial, warehousing, office and reside

Datanomics: Census exercise gets financial backing, but not enough

Budget 2026-27 raises census allocation to a record ₹6,000 crore, but its share of total expenditure remains lower than in previous census years

State-run upstream players, major refiners lower spending for FY27

The capital expenditure of ONGC, country's largest oil and gas exploration player, is seen declining over six per cent to Rs 30,000 crore in FY27

Coal freight, AC 3-tier likely to throw Railways' FY26 revenue off track

The budget numbers released on Sunday peg the railways earning at Rs 2.78 trillion in the current financial year, according to the revised estimates (RE), against a BE target of Rs 3.01 trillion

Budget 2026: Customs duty relief on high-cost cancer drugs to aid access

A customs duty exemption on select high-cost cancer and rare disease therapies is expected to lower treatment costs for patients while supporting demand for multinational and domestic pharma companies

Higher ECMS outlay, ISM 2.0 signal renewed focus on electronics ecosystem

Industry executives say Budget's higher allocation for ECMS and announcement of ISM 2.0 underline a renewed policy push to strengthen India's electronics manufacturing base and semicon supply chains

Budget 2026-27: Govt lowers funding for key export boosting schemes

Export incentive allocations have been pared back in Budget 2026-27, with sharp cuts to RoDTEP and RoSCTL even as exporters face geopolitical risks and higher US tariffs

Budget 2026: 61% of labour ministry funds unspent despite record outlay

Even as the labour ministry received its highest-ever allocation in Budget 2026-27, revised estimates show a majority of funds remained unutilised, largely due to low spending on central schemes

Budget 2026-27 boost, price hikes to support India's cement sector

The Budget allocation is up about 9 per cent in nominal terms and, given grant-in-aid, it would push effective capex for FY27 to Rs 17.1 trillion

Health Ministry targets 30 mn hospitalisations under PMJAY for FY27

The health ministry is targeting a sharp rise in hospital admissions and claims disbursal under PMJAY in FY27, even as the Budget provides only a marginal increase in the scheme's overall allocation

STT hike on F&O trades to eat into arbitrage fund returns: Experts

Schemes may see 30-50 bps impact but won't go out of favour

Dept of Pharma raises production targets under PLI schemes for FY27

FY27 PLI scheme allocation rises 2.24%, aiming to add 500 MT to domestic API production

16th FC recommends shrinking Union revenue deficit, raising capex

The Sixteenth Finance Commission has proposed a consolidation roadmap that balances development needs with fiscal prudence

Union Budget 2026-27: Centre tops up RDI fund with ₹20,000 crore

The Centre has doubled down on its research and innovation push, adding Rs 20,000 crore to the RDI fund as officials aim to appoint more fund managers and speed up investments

Budget 2026 move on MACT interest seen cutting litigation, speeding claims

Budget 2026 proposes exempting interest awarded by motor accident tribunals from income tax and TDS, a move experts say will reduce disputes for insurers and help victims receive compensation faster

Union Budget 2026: Power PSUs plan ₹1 trillion investments in FY27

The accumulated losses of discoms stood at Rs 6.47 lakh crore and total borrowings at Rs 7.26 lakh crore at the end of FY25

Railways get record Budget support for projects across states: Vaishnaw

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday announced budgetary support of ₹2.78 trillion and a total capital expenditure of ₹2.93 trillion for the Railways

Budget 2026: The twin arcs of progress shaping India's growth path

The proposals announced on Sunday imply a dual approach: A strategic arc that will continue to pave the path for faster potential growth, and a tactical arc of facilitations and reliefs

Sensex, Nifty snap Budget-day slide with sharp rebound led by heavyweights

Benchmark indices rebounded on bargain-hunting after their worst Budget-day fall in six years, logging the strongest post-Budget performance since February 2022 despite weak global cues

STT hike clouds outlook for trading volumes growth, revenue targets

Last year, the government had projected a record Rs 78,000 crore in STT collections for the ongoing fiscal, a figure that has since been cut by 18 per cent amid a sharp decline in trading volumes