India, Feb. 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

PART-A

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Union Budget 2026-27 in the parliament today. The highlights of the budget are as follows:

The first Budget prepared in Kartavya Bhawan, is inspired by 3 kartavyas:

Budget Estimates

First Kartavya is to accelerate and sustain economic growth and proposes 6 interventions

1. Scaling up manufacturing in 7 strategic and frontier sectors

2. Rejuvenating legacy industrial sectors

3. Creating "Champion SMEs" and supporting micro enterprises

4. Delivering a powerful push to Infrastructure

5. Ensuring long term energy security and stability

6. Developing City Economic Regions

Municipal...