Budget Expectations LIVE Updates: Stakeholders across industries are keen on policy and reforms in manufacturing and income tax, ahead of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s announcement on 1 February.
The expectations are high as this is Sitharaman’s ninth consecutive Budget, and the second full-fledged Budget of PM Narendra Modi’s government in its third term.
Union Budget 2026: Key Dates — Budget session, Economic Survey, FM’s speech
- 28 January: The Budget Session will commence at the Parliament with a joint address by President Droupadi Murmu to both the Houses.
- 29 January: According to the provisional calendar issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat, the House will also meet on this day.
- 31 January: Sitharaman is expected to present the Economic Survey on this day. The Economic Survey, which presents a comprehensive state of the economy, is presented by the finance minister a day ahead of the Budget. The survey is prepared by CEA V Anantha Nageswaran.
- 1 February: Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Budget 2026 at 11 AM at the Lok Sabha.
- 13 February: The first half of the Budget Session ends.
- 9 March: The second half of the Budget Session will begin on this day.
- 2 April: The final day of the Budget Session, after which Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will be adjourned sine die.
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