By Mukesh 
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday (February 1, 2026) presented the Union Budget 2026 in Parliament, with the aim of increasing productivity across sectors and ensuring employment generation.
The Budget also set the Centre’s capital expenditure target at ₹12.2 lakh crore in 2026-27, higher than the ₹10.9 lakh crore as per the Revised Estimates of 2025-26, as well as the ₹11.2 lakh crore initially budgeted that year.