Union Budget 2026 Live Updates: Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said, "Have faith that the goal for which the government of the country has been working for the past 11 years, to make India a developed nation, has been consistently advanced by every budget presented since 2014, each one serving as the next step forward. This year’s budget too will take India one step further in the direction of becoming a developed nation. Please wait for a short while; you will soon have all the details.”

Union Budget 2026 Live Updates: Ahead of Union Budget 2026, Deloitte economist Rumki Majumdar said, "It is very important to have the FTAs signed because India needs to de-risk itself from geopolitical uncertainties. These uncertainties are weighing on our exports and on the overall economy. The government’s emphasis on diversifying trade and expanding India’s geographic reach is therefore crucial, and these FTAs can help in that regard. Of course, FTAs will take some time to be implemented. However, for their implementation to be successful, the supply side of the economy must improve. This will create an ecosystem that supports the outcomes of the FTAs that India has signed. I believe that FTAs, together with reforms, will show what India can achieve and help take the economy to a 7% growth rate over the next 20–25 years."

Union Budget 2026 Live Updates: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is ready to present the Union Budget in Parliament on Sunday, February 1, at 11 am, marking her ninth straight Budget. This Budget is likely to focus on economic growth amid rising global uncertainties.

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Union Budget 2026 Live Updates: Gross goods and services tax (GST) collections rose 6.2% in January 2026 to more than ₹1.93 lakh crore, PTI reported quoting its sources.

Union Budget 2026 Live Updates: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, along with Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, arrived at Parliament ahead of her much-awaited 2026-27 Budget speech.

Union Budget 2026 Live Updates: Ahead of Union Budget 2026-27, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal was optimistic that India will achieve the USD 2 trillion goods and services export target by around 2032, instead of the earlier goal of 2030, due to global uncertainties.

"I had certainly set that target (USD 2 trillion exports by 2030) a few years ago. But as you're aware, we lost at least two and a half years in Covid, and that did set us back quite a bit. After that there has been turbulence and volatility in the global trading order, which also seems to be gradually settling down," he said.

Union Budget 2026 Live Updates: Ahead of her budget speech, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented a copy of the budget to President Droupadi Murmu.

Union Budget 2026 Live Updates: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with officials pose outside the Ministry of Finance before the presentation of the Union Budget 2026-27.

Union Budget 2026 Live Updates: Union Budget 2026 Live Updates: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman along with Minister of State For Finance Pankaj Chaudhary and other officials are headed to Rashtrapati Bhawan ahead of presenting the 2026-27 Budget.

Union Budget 2026 Live Updates: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has left the Ministry of Finance with the digital tablet, containing the 2026-27 Budget document, enclosed in a traditional red 'bahi-khata' style pouch.

Union Budget 2026 Live Updates: The Centre's fiscal deficit at the end of December was at ₹8.55 lakh crore, or 54.5% of the annual budget target for 2025-26, as against 56.7% in the year-ago period, government data released on January 30 showed.

The Centre estimates the fiscal deficit, which is the gap between expenditure and revenue, during 2025-26 at 4.4% of GDP, or ₹15.69 lakh crore.

As per the data released by the Controller General of Accounts, the central government received about ₹25.25 lakh crore, or 72.2% of the corresponding budget estimate for total receipts up to December 2025.

Union Budget 2026 Live Updates: On 2026-27 Budget, Madhya Pradesh Deputy CM Jagdish Devda said, "We absolutely welcome and congratulate the upcoming Budget. I believe it will be a people-centric Budget, one that takes care of the poor, women, youth, and farmers, all sections of society. I think the forthcoming Budget will be a very good and public-oriented one. We are waiting for it with hope, and once it is presented before everyone, we will explain it to you in detail."

Union Budget 2026 Live Updates: The domestic equity market is expected to open flat on February 1, 2026, Budget Day, according to the GIFT NIFTY futures.

Union Budget 2026 Live Updates: Growth could continue in the coming year, if the Government of India focuses on infrastructure spending in the 2026-27 budget, Wheels India MD Srivats Ram said.

"If the government focuses on infrastructure spending in the upcoming budget, growth could continue in the coming year. On the export front, any improvement in trade relationships will only improve our business prospects that are built on trust and relationships," he said in a company statement.

Budget 2026 Live Updates: Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, said, "Over the past 11 years, the Budgets presented under the leadership of the Prime Minister have reflected the aspirations of the people and have been aimed at taking the country forward. The Budget being presented today is aligned with the vision of 'Viksit Bharat' by 2047."

Budget 2026 Live Updates: Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has arrived at the Ministry of Finance ahead of presenting the Budget.

Budget 2026 Live Updates: The Budget presentation by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to start at 11 am on Sunday, February 1, in Lok Sabha.

Budget 2026 Live Updates: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her ninth consecutive budget on Sunday, February 1, which is expected to divulge measures to sustain growth momentum, maintain fiscal discipline, and contain reforms that could buffer the economy from global trade frictions, including US tariffs. Her budget speech will begin at 11 am today.

Budget 2026 Live Updates: Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles has asked Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for targeted incentives for entry-level electric vehicles and support for the electric cars used in the fleet segment under the PM E-DRIVE (PM Electric Drive Revolution in Innovative Vehicle Enhancement) scheme in the upcoming Union Budget.

Budget 2026 Live Updates: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has expressed confidence that the Budget for 2026-27 would be a good one.

He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Finance Minister have delivered outstanding Union Budgets over the years and that this, being her ninth budget, would be no different.

"It will be a good Budget...I am very, very confident that it will be a very good Budget," he said.

Budget 2026 Live Updates: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will interact with 30 college students from different regions of the country following the Union Budget 2026-27 presentation on Sunday, February 1.

As part of this initiative, the students will also get to witness the budget presentation live from the Lok Sabha Gallery.

The students will also visit the Ministry of Finance at Kartavya Bhawan-1 and interact with senior officials to understand the functioning of the Ministry, policy formulation processes, and the role of institutions in nation-building, it said.

In the evening, Sitharaman will hold talks with the students and engage in a free-wheeling discussion on the key priorities of the budget.

Budget 2026 Live Updates: State Bank of India's chairman, Challa Sreenivasulu Setty, has called for parity in tax treatment on returns made on equity investments and bank deposits.

Ahead of the Budget 2026, Setty said there is no disparity in taxation anywhere else globally, and it is time for India also to align with other markets.

"I think there should be a level playing field for the financial savings instruments," he told reporters on the sidelines of a bank event in Mumbai.

Budget 2026 Live Updates: The government faces the dual challenge of boosting consumption and job creation while intensifying capital expenditure and keeping the fiscal deficit on a downward trajectory.

According to the Economic Survey, India’s economy is expected to grow between 6.8% and 7.2% in the financial year 2026–27. “The outlook, therefore, is one of steady growth amid global uncertainty, requiring caution, but not pessimism,” the pre-Budget document tabled in the Lok Sabha, the lower House of Parliament, said.

Budget 2026 Live Updates: The presentation of the Union Budget for the financial year 2026-27 will be on Sunday, a first in independent India's history.

Budget 2026 Live Updates: As Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's budget speech is just a few hours away, here are the key things to watch out for in the Union Budget.

• Fiscal deficit
• Capital expenditure
• Debt roadmap
• Government's borrowing
• Tax revenue
• GST collection
• Nominal GDP

Budget 2026 Live Updates: Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Finance Minister of India, will present the budget at 11 am on Sunday, February 1.

Budget 2026 Live Updates: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her ninth budget, which is the second full budget of the Modi government's third term, on Sunday, February 1.

I’m Kamal Joshi, senior journalist, and I’ll be here bringing you real-time updates and breaking developments as the Budget 2026 speech unfolds.