Budget expectations LIVE Updates: The Union Budget 2026 Session is set to start in Parliament from 28 January. President Droupadi Murmu has approved summoning both Houses of Parliament for the 2026 budget session. “The Session will commence on 28 January 2026 and continue till 2 April 2026. The first phase concludes on 13 February 2026,…
New Delhi: Government should test market’s appetite for investing in state-owned enterprises before these entities are picked up for disinvestment, industry body Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) said in its budget recommendations. The government should make a three-year rolling list of state-owned entities to be privatized, which will encourage deeper investor engagement and more realistic…
Budget expectations LIVE updates: The Union Budget 2026 Session is set to start in Parliament from 28 January. President Droupadi Murmu has approved summoning both Houses of Parliament for the 2026 budget session. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met with Finance Ministers of States and Union Territories in New Delhi, during the Pre-Budget meeting on…
The government may announce plans to tweak SARFAESI and DRT rules in the upcoming budget to reduce litigation in debt recovery tribunals.
Arun Kumar, former professor at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, also said the government should focus on introducing new-age reforms in higher education to equip students, including girls, with contemporary skills and place greater emphasis on research and development, so that women also benefit and India’s overall outcomes improve.
The two keywords for the coming budget—de-regulation and de-criminalisation—are being impressed upon all who matter within the government in an effort to make the budget a blueprint for faster economic growth over the medium term, according to two persons aware of the matter.
Bond market angle “Infrastructure financing in India is largely driven by banks and specialised NBFCs. But banks rely on short-term CASA and deposits, creating asset–liability mismatches that make them ill-suited for long-duration infrastructure financing,” said Manish Aggarwal, partner, strategy, risk & transactions, and national leader—Infrastructure, Capital Projects & Public Asset Management, Deloitte India.
Currently, the average turnaround time for a ship at an Indian port is 48 hours, against less than half a day at top trading hubs like Hong Kong. The idea in the Indian government is to narrow this gap as much as possible, the person cited above said. Ships idling at ports raises costs for…
Budget 2026: Rail safety outlay likely to top ₹1.3 trillion amid scrutiny on accidents ₹1.3 trillion for rail safety, nearly half of Indian Railways’ capital expenditure, amid persistent concerns over accidents and slow rollout of protection systems.”/>
New scheme announcements and expansions of existing ones are likely for small and medium industries in general and for sectors like textiles, leather and footwear, gems and jewellery, and handicraft, among others, when finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the budget on 1 February, the persons cited above said on condition of anonymity. Policy makers feel…
