India, Feb. 2 -- Union Budget 2026-27 highlights a shift in focus towards reviving India's legacy industrial clusters, which have been neglected for decades.

It addresses issues like pollution, infrastructure decay and regulatory complexity

Centre aims to enhance productivity and competitiveness

In Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's presentation of the Union Budget 2026-27, one point came through clearly: India's next phase of growth cannot depend only on new infrastructure and new industrial zones. It will also depend on whether the country can repair industrial spaces that already exist, but have been allowed to decline over decades.

Throughout the Budget speech, productivity, competitiveness and structural reform were repe...