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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman connected Sunday (February 1, 2026) presented her grounds ninth consecutive Union Budget for April 2026 to March 2027 successful the Lok Sabha.
Ms. Sitharaman, wearing a magenta-coloured Kattam Kanjeevaram (Kancheepuram) silk saree from Tamil Nadu, presented a Budget — prepared successful the Kartavya Bhavan — connected a Sunday, a archetypal successful autarkic India’s history.
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Speaking successful the House, Ms. Sitharaman said, “Since we assumed bureau 12 years ago. India’s economical trajectory has been marked by stability. This government, led by PM Modi, has chosen enactment implicit ambivalence, betterment implicit rhetoric. We person pursued far-reaching structural reforms, fiscal prudence and monetary stability, portion maintaining a beardown thrust connected nationalist investment.”
India volition proceed to assured steps towards Viksit Bharat by balancing ambition with inclusion, she said.
Highlighting the government’s structural reforms, fiscal prudence, and monetary stability, the Finance Minister said these measures person delivered a precocious maturation complaint of astir 7% for India.
The authorities has chosen the way of reforms implicit rhetoric, she said successful the Lok Sabha.
The Finance Minister besides laid the 16th Finance Commission report for taxation gross devolution betwixt the Centre and states for 2026-2031.
