Telangana Budget 2026-27 LIVE: Finance Minister Bhatti likely to walk a tightrope balancing welfare and development

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Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka volition contiguous the fund connected March 20, 2026 | Photo Credit: Special arrangement

Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka presents the State’s fund for FY 2026-27 successful the Legislative Assembly connected Friday (March 20, 2026).

Mr. Vikramarka, who holds the Finance portfolio, is expected to locomotion a tightrope arsenic helium presents the budget for the adjacent fiscal year. The full outlay for the existent twelvemonth 2025-26 was ₹3.04 lakh crore and the fund for 2026-27 is apt to spot an summation of astir 7%, taking the outlay to astir ₹3.2 lakh crore.

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Speaking astatine the Telugu New Year Ugadi celebrations astatine the State Congress office successful Hyderabad, Mr. Vikramarka said helium hoped that each sectors successful the State would execute important maturation and the younker of Telangana would person fantabulous employment opportunities.

The Congress authorities had allocated implicit ₹56,000 crore successful the erstwhile fund for implementing the party’s ‘six canvass guarantees’, portion expecting to rise ₹64,000 crore done unfastened marketplace loans.

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(With inputs from PTI)

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March 20, 2026 09:06
Dty CM Bhatti apt to locomotion a tightrope
The task appears to beryllium chopped for Mr. Bhatti Vikramarka to onslaught a good equilibrium betwixt payment and improvement amid the choky fiscal concern the State has been facing. The State’s fiscal concern tin beryllium gauged from the information that determination is simply a immense fiscal shortage of Rs. 69,148 crore till January end, constituting 128% of the Rs. 54,009 crore projected successful the fund estimates.
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March 20, 2026 09:05
Infra apt to beryllium absorption of Telangana 2026-27 fund arsenic Govt trying to equilibrium payment and development
Telangana Government is moving hard to onslaught a equilibrium betwixt payment and improvement on with making capable allocations to large infrastructure projects successful the budget for adjacent fiscal twelvemonth 2026-27.
The State Government has been struggling hard to rise finances for its flagship projects arsenic the gross receipts successful 2025-26 are apt to autumn abbreviated of fund estimates for the 2nd consecutive year. At the aforesaid time, capable attraction is being taken to marque allocations for involvement payments for loans obtained by the erstwhile Government.
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Infra apt to beryllium absorption of Telangana 2026-27 fund arsenic Govt trying to equilibrium payment and development
Telangana's 2026-27 fund apt to absorption connected infrastructure, balancing payment with large allocations for cardinal projects similar Hyderabad Metro expansion.