Srinagar, Feb. 2 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday presented the Union Budget 2026-27 in Parliament where she announced a nearly 9% rise in Capital Expenditure for the next financial year, increasing the allocation to Rs 12.2 lakh crore in this year's budget.While presenting the Budget in Parliament, she said the higher capital expenditure is meant to keep infrastructure projects moving and support overall economic growth.Capital spending has been raised from Rs 11.21 lakh crore, which was allocated in the previous Budget for 2025-26. The government had kept the same capex level for FY26, but has now decided to step it up for the coming year.Sitharaman also pointed to the sharp increase in public investment over the last de...