Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her 9th Budget in a row in Lok Sabha: Listen: https://www.youtube.com/live/keyYFTh0lV8?reload=9&si=4UM9hJ7Nm8BREFmr
HIGHLIGHTS OF UNION BUDGET 2026-27
Income Tax act 2025 will come into effect from 1st April 2026
(CONECTIVITY & TOURISM)
In order to promote environmentally sustainable passenger systems, government to develop seven high-speed rail corridors between cities as growth connectors namely :
- Mumbai to Pune
- Pune to Hyderabad
- Hyderabad to Bengaluru
- Hyderabad to Chennai
- Chennai to Bengaluru
- Delhi to Varanasi
- Varanasi to Siliguri
- to operationalize 20 new National Waterways over the next 5 years
- Proposal to give incentives to indigenise the manufacturing of seaplanes that will enhance last-mile and remote connectivity and promote tourism.
