Budget News

Pocket-size politics: Budget 2026 in cartoons

In this cartoon collection, ‘Pocket-size politics’ shows how high-level policy hits the average person’s wallet

Union Budget 2026: Infrastructure

A collection of articles on what the Budget proposes for infrastructure

Credible and creditable: On Union Budget 2026-27

The Union Budget 2026-27 chose prudence over adventurism, and multipronged measures over Big Bang reforms

New schemes to provide livelihood and assistive devices for persons with disabilities

National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled flags share of allocation for disability department; reduction in allocation for implementation of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act of 2016

What the new fiscal rule means for growth and spending

Deficit reduction in FY27 is driven largely by cuts in development expenditure, particularly in the rural and agricultural sectors

Pushing welfare towards the States

The arena of welfare spending has now shifted to the States, while the Centre continues to drive the agenda by legislating and setting norms

Union Budget 2026: Social sector

A collection of articles on what the budget offers for social sector

Watch: No specific giveaways for poll-bound states in Budget 2026 — The Hindu Reporters Explain

The Hindu’s reporters across these States to understand the allocations and the political reactions on the ground.

Dedicated rare earth corridors in TN, Kerala will promote mining: CII

The Union Budget 2026 proposal towards establishment of Rare Earth Corridors would help promote mining, processing, research and manufacturing and thus help build India's leadership in rare earth…

Building on a tax gamble that did not pay off

The government should have gone back to the drawing board if its existing strategies were not working

A Budget that underscores credibility and invests for competitiveness

With focus on fiscal prudence and improving ease of living citizens, the Budget announcements will help secure strategic materials through the Rare Earth Corridors, bringing in logistics reform of…

Union Budget 2026 bets big on industrial growth

The Budget has a slew of long- and short-term measures with a view to maintain continuity over short-term policy stimuli

Union Budget 2026-27: FM hands out a mixed bag for capital markets

Budget 2026 moots several proposals to rejuvenate indigenous shipping

In today’s speech, the Finance Minister spoke about the government’s aim to develop inland and coastal shipping so that its share in total cargo carried through road, rail and water increases from 6%…

Debating Union Budget 2026 as turning point or tinkering

Budget 2026-27 needs to be read in the context of much geopolitical turmoil

Opposition terms Union Budget 2026 anti-people, visionless

Left parties and Trinamool accuse Centre of ignoring livelihoods, federalism and economic distress in a Budget they say favours corporates over citizens

BMS slams Budget 2026 calls it ‘worker-deficient’

BMS national vice president M. Jagadiswara Rao noted that while the emphasis on labour-intensive sectors, along with initiatives like Samarth 2.0 and MSME liquidity and equity support may generate…

Progressive in intent but short on immediate relief: Hyderabadis

While the emphasis on long-term economic growth, infrastructure spending and fiscal discipline has found support, the absence of changes to income tax slabs or the standard deduction has left many…

Union Budget 2026: VB-G RAM G gets ₹95,692.31 crore; experts warn it falls far short of allocation needed to guarantee 125 workdays

₹30,000 crore has also been set aside for MGNREGA as the new law has has not yet been notified

‘Something out of ordinary’: Nirmala Sitharaman interacts with college students who witnessed Parliament's Budget session live

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman spoke about the efforts that are being made to ensure a “better India” for students while drawing a contrast with the India she grew up in