Highlights of India’s Union Budget
2025-2026
Union Budget 2025-2026
Union Budget 2025-2026

Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2025-26 in Parliament. Here is the summary of her budget speech;

Together, we embark on a journey to unlock our nation’s tremendous potential for greater prosperity and global positioning under the leadership of Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.

Quoting Telugu poet and playwright Shri Gurajada Appa Rao’s famous saying, ‘A country is not just its soil; a country is its people.’ – the Finance Minister presented the Union Budget 2025-26 with the theme “Sabka Vikas” stimulating balanced growth of all regions.

In line with this theme, the Finance Minister outlined the broad Principles of Viksit Bharat to encompass the following:

Zero-poverty.
Hundred per cent good quality school education.
Access to high-quality, affordable, and comprehensive healthcare.
Hundred per cent skilled labour with meaningful employment.
Seventy per cent women in economic activities; and
Farmers making our country the ‘food basket of the world’.
Budget Estimates 2025-26

The total receipts other than borrowings and the total expenditure are estimated at ₹34.96 lakh crore and ₹50.65 lakh crore respectively.
The net tax receipts are estimated at ₹28.37 lakh crore.
The fiscal deficit is estimated to be 4.4 per cent of GDP.
The gross market borrowings are estimated at ₹14.82 lakh crore.
Capex Expenditure of ₹11.21 lakh crore (3.1% of GDP) earmarked in FY2025-26.
Agriculture as the 1st Engine of Development

Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana – Developing Agri Districts Programme
Building Rural Prosperity and Resilience
Aatmanirbharta in Pulses
Comprehensive Programme for Vegetables & Fruits
Makhana Board in Bihar
National Mission on High Yielding Seeds
Fisheries
Mission for Cotton Productivity
Enhanced Credit through KCC
Urea Plant in Assam
MSMEs as the 2nd Engine of Development

Revision in classification criteria for MSMEs
Credit Cards for Micro Enterprises
Fund of Funds for Startups
Scheme for First-time Entrepreneurs
Focus Product Scheme for Footwear & Leather Sectors
Measures for the Toy Sector
Support for Food Processing
Manufacturing Mission – Furthering “Make in India”
Investment as the 3rd Engine of Development

Investing in People
Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0
Atal Tinkering Labs
Broadband Connectivity to Government Secondary Schools and PHCs
Bharatiya Bhasha Pustak Scheme
National Centres of Excellence for Skilling
Expansion of Capacity in IITs
Centre of Excellence in AI for Education
Expansion of medical education
Day Care Cancer Centres in all District Hospitals
Strengthening urban livelihoods
PM SVANidhi
Social Security Scheme for Welfare of Online Platform Workers
Investing in the Economy
Public Private Partnership in Infrastructure
Support to States for Infrastructure
Asset Monetization Plan 2025-30
Jal Jeevan Mission
Urban Challenge Fund
Nuclear Energy Mission for Viksit Bharat
Shipbuilding
Maritime Development Fund
UDAN – Regional Connectivity Scheme
Greenfield Airport in Bihar
Western Koshi Canal Project in Mithilanchal
Mining Sector Reforms
SWAMIH Fund 2
Tourism for employment-led growth
Investing in Innovation
Research, Development and Innovation
Deep Tech Fund of Funds
PM Research Fellowship
Gene Bank for Crops Germplasm
National Geospatial Mission
Gyan Bharatam Mission
Exports as the 4th Engine of Development
Export Promotion Mission
BharatTradeNet
National Framework for GCC
Reforms as Fuel: Financial Sector reforms and Development
FDI in Insurance Sector
Credit Enhancement Facility by NaBFID
Grameen Credit Score
Pension Sector
High Level Committee for Regulatory Reforms
Investment Friendliness Index of States
Jan Vishwas Bill 2.0