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The budget comes at a time of heightened global uncertainty and geo-economic fragmentation. In this backdrop, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman chose to deliver a growth-oriented and reform-focused budget that kept the economy on a fiscally prudent path. Budget with ET Budget Highlights: Gareeb, youth, annadata and naari feature in Budget.
What about taxes? New vs Old tax regime: Here's a decoder to help you choose the right one Will you pay more under new tax regime or old? Calculate here The highlight of this year's budget was the focus on encouraging consumption by the middle class with a proposal to provide relief from tax for individuals having income up to ₹12 lakh. What is particularly noteworthy is that while doing so, the minister displayed astute financial management by keeping the fiscal deficit balanced at 4.8% of GDP for the current fiscal year and targeting 4.
4% for the next year. Continued fiscal prudence is important for macroeconomic stability and to build resilience against any external shocks. In adhering to the fiscal math, the FM retained the focus on capital expenditure.
The allocation for capital spending in FY26 has been raised to ₹11.21 lakh crore, compared with ₹10.18 lakh crore spent in FY25.
Over the last decade, targeted capital expenditure has been a hallmark of the government, which acts like a catalyst for economic growth and employment generation. The budget adopted a multipronged approach with a focus on agriculture, power, mining, exports, investments, financial sector and tax reforms while strengthening other promising sectors which have the potential of driving growth in the long term such as deep-tech, clean energy, innovation, etc. The budget's proposal to allocate ₹20,000 crore for the Nuclear Energy Mission and engage the private sector to set up five local small modular nuclear reactors by 2033 is particularly welcoming.
This has been a CII ask as well.The focus of the budget on important enablers of growth such as employment, skilling, startups, MSMEs, infrastructure and women are steps for promoting a virtuous cycle of consumption and investment and would contribute significantly towards empowering people and making growth inclusive. On balance, the budget 2025-26 announced interventions to support all engines of growth.
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