India, Feb. 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
While presenting the Union Budget 2026-27 in Parliament today, Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt Nirmala Sitharaman said; "Our first kartavya is to accelerate and sustain economic growth, by enhancing productivity and competitiveness, and building resilience to volatile global dynamics".
The Finance Minister in her budget speech today said that the Public capex has increased manifold from Rs.2 lakh crore in FY2014-15 to an allocation of Rs.11.2 lakh crore in BE 2025-26, and in FY2026-27, the Minister proposed to increase it to Rs.12.2 lakh crore to continue the momentum. She further told the Parliament that during this past decade, the Government has under...