Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget for the financial year 2026–27 (FY27) in the Lok Sabha on Sunday, marking the first time India’s annual Budget is being presented on a Sunday.
The FY27 Budget will be presented in the Lok Sabha; the Budget speech will begin at 11am and is expected to last between 60 and 90 minutes. Following the speech, the Budget documents will be tabled in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.
The Union Budget is one of the most closely watched events in India’s economic calendar, with implications for households, businesses and financial markets. The finance minister’s speech will outline the Centre’s spending plans, tax proposals and key policy priorities, while also offering cues on economic growth, inflation and fiscal management in the year ahead.
The Budget speech will be telecast live on Sansad TV and Doordarshan. Several national news channels will also carry live coverage along with expert reactions and analysis.
Online, the speech will be streamed live from 11 am on platforms such as Sansad TV’s YouTube channel, PIB India’s YouTube channel and the official Budget website, indiabudget.gov.in. News platforms will provide live blogs, minute-by-minute updates and post-Budget analysis.
For those who miss the live broadcast, the full Budget speech will be available later on Sansad TV and Press Information Bureau YouTube channels. Official Budget documents, including the Budget summary, tax proposals and detailed expenditure statements, will be uploaded on indiabudget.gov.in and the PIB portal.
This year’s Budget is expected to focus on continuity and long-term priorities rather than major surprises. Income tax, especially issues affecting the middle class, is likely to be in focus, though large changes in tax slabs are considered unlikely after last year’s relief measures.
Infrastructure spending is expected to remain strong, with emphasis on efficiency and long-term competitiveness. Agriculture and the rural economy may see further push towards digitisation and expansion of the cooperative sector under the National Cooperative Policy 2025.
This will be Sitharaman’s sixth consecutive Budget and her first without a finance secretary, a post that has remained vacant since Ajay Seth’s exit in June 2025. She will be supported by a core team including economic affairs secretary Anuradha Thakur, expenditure secretary V Vualnam, revenue secretary Arvind Shrivastava, financial services secretary M Nagaraju, DIPAM secretary Arunish Chawla and chief economic advisor V Anantha Nageswaran, who presented the Economic Survey ahead of the Budget.
