Union Budget 2026

Union Budget 2026

The FM surprised with a 40 percent increase in allocation for MGNREGA (new and old), perhaps to quell the opposition’s fierce attack

Batting for one nation, one budget day

02 Feb 2026

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Union Budget 2026 | Laudable on what it does, worrying on what it doesn't

02 Feb 2026

An office-goer watching the live telecast of the Union Budget 2026 in Bengaluru on Sunday.

Union Budget 2026 decoded | Big on small, small on big

02 Feb 2026

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's ninth budget on the trot was all about finding order in chaos that is roiling the world.

Budget with great number of small measures and small number of great ones

01 Feb 2026

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Fill the gaps budget, no big bang here

01 Feb 2026

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman leaves the ministry office to present the annual budget to the parliament at the Kartavya Bhawan in New Delhi on Sunday

Budget 2026 backs self-reliance with caution and growth

01 Feb 2026

Presenting her ninth consecutive Union Budget, for the year 2026-27, Sitharaman, who is the longest serving finance minister of the country, said the "Reform Express" is on its way.

Budget as a highway: India’s long road to Viksit Bharat

02 Feb 2026

Budget 2026

Budget 2026: What turns costlier, what's cheaper?

01 Feb 2026

Vegetables on sale at Azadpur Mandi, in New Delhi

New CPI cuts weight of food, maybe too much

01 Feb 2026

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses a press conference after the presentation of the 'Union Budget 2026-27', in New Delhi, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026.

Union Budget 2026 boosts education spend by 8.27%, focuses on STEM, jobs and state universities

01 Feb 2026

Centre likely to stay committed to fiscal consolidation in Union Budget: CareEdge Ratings

Economists have mixed take on macro numbers, but red flags lower focus on fiscal consolidation

01 Feb 2026

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MSMEs seek package for employing youth as govt proposes liquidity measures in Budget 2026

01 Feb 2026

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Intelligence Bureau gets record Rs 6,782 crore budget allocation; NATGRID faces 27 per cent cut

01 Feb 2026

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