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Modi government presents a growth-oriented budget prioritising infrastructure, welfare, and industry with focus on fiscal discipline: An analysis of key numbers

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India’s Union Budget 2026 has laid out an ambitious but fiscally cautious roadmap, with the government placing big numbers on the table for spending, taxation, borrowing and deficit reduction
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From Champion SMEs to Biopharma Shakti: Finance Minister announces several funds in Budget 2026 to transform India’s industrial landscape

OpIndia Staff -
While presenting the Union Budget for 2026, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 1 February announced an array of new funds and schemes designed to...
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Ease of doing business, simplifying regulations, boosting domestic manufacturing and more: Here are the major reforms that are expected in Budget 2026

OpIndia Staff -
Officials are calling the budget's main theme 'Reform Express' inside the finance ministry. The idea is to focus on long-term structural changes rather than short-term populist measures. This includes simplifying regulations, improving ease of doing business and strengthening domestic manufacturing capacity.
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Fastest growing economy, robust exports, expanding service sector and more: Economic Survey 26 highlights India’s impressive growth story amid global challenges and US tariffs

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The country remains the fastest-growing major economy for the fourth year in a row, according to the economic survey.
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Budget session 2026 opens: Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman tables Economic Survey in Rajya Sabha

OpIndia Staff -
FM Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Economic Survey 2025-26, setting the stage for her ninth consecutive budget. PM Modi hailed the India-EU FTA as a major milestone, while Parliament discussed growth in the space sector, gig economy expansion, and digital connectivity challenges.
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‘Time for solutions, not disruption’: PM Modi flags human centric governance, quality push and India EU FTA as Budget Session begins

OpIndia Staff -
PM Modi said President Murmu’s address reflected aspirations of 140 crore Indians, called the session extremely significant, noted India entering the century’s second quarter, and highlighted Nirmala Sitharaman presenting her ninth consecutive Union Budget soon today.
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HAL and Russia’s UAC sign joint venture agreement at Wings India 2026 in Hyderabad to manufacture SJ-100 regional jet in India

OpIndia Staff -
In a landmark step strengthening Russo-Indian cooperation in the aerospace industry, Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) and India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) have signed...
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‘Textile industry alone will create 6-7 million jobs’: Piyush Goyal on how India-EU FTA levels the playing field for Indian exports        

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India already plays a dominant role in global home textile supply, particularly in bed linen, towels, curtains, and soft furnishings.
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India set to slash tariff on cars imported from EU countries to 40% from 110% under ‘mother of all deals’

OpIndia Staff -
As India and the European Union are set to sign the ‘mother of all trade deals’ soon, India is reportedly preparing to reduce tariffs...
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What is the ‘Mother of all Deals’ and why the trade pact between India and Europe is seen as historic

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European leader Ursula von der Leyen has called this agreement the "Mother of All Deals," meaning it's the largest and most important trade agreement ever. The key reason is that when India and 27 European countries come together, they will create the largest and most powerful trading market in the world.
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