Union Budget 2026: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget 2026-27 on February 1, 2026. As the new financial year is set to start, the stakeholders and industry insiders have been waiting for the government to fulfill its earlier promises in the new budget. Union Budget 2026: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget 2026-27 on February 1, 2026, Sunday, in what would be her ninth consecutive Budget and the third full Budget under the third term of the Narendra Modi-led NDA government. EnergyThe Budget 2025-26 announced a Rs 20,000 crore allocation for Nuclear Energy Mission to encourage R&D for Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), with an aim of deploying five indigenous SMRs by 2033. Areas like healthcare, tourism, agriculture, and logistics remain some of the main focus for a major budget allocation this year.

Source: dna January 27, 2026 14:59 UTC