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Union Budget 2026 Live Updates: Union Budget 2026 Live Updates: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is presenting the Union Budget 2026-27 in Parliament, her record ninth budget speech. During her Budget Speech, the FM will detail budgetary allocations and revenue projections for the upcoming financial year 2026-27. Sitharaman is notably dressed in a Kanjeevaram Silk saree, a nod to the traditional weaving sector in poll-bound Tamil Nadu.
The budget comes at a time when there is geopolitical turmoil, economic volatility and trade war. Different sectors are looking to get some support with new measures and relaxations ahead of the budget, especially export-oriented industries, which have borne the brunt of the higher US tariffs being imposed last year by the Trump administration.
On January 29, 2026, Sitharaman tabled the Economic Survey 2025-26, a comprehensive snapshot of the country’s macro-economic situation, in Parliament, setting the stage for the budget and showing the government’s roadmap. The survey projected that India’s economy is expected to grow 6.8%-7.2% in FY27, underscoring resilience even as global economic uncertainty persists.
Budget 2026 Expectations
Expectations across key sectors are taking shape as stakeholders look to the Budget for support that sustains growth, strengthens jobs and eases financial pressures:
Taxpayers & Households: Many taxpayers want practical improvements to the income tax structure that preserve simplicity while supporting long-term financial planning — including broader deductions for home loan interest and diversified retirement savings options.
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Businesses & Industry: With industrial output and investment showing resilience, firms are looking for policies that bolster capital formation, ease compliance, and expand infrastructure spending — especially in manufacturing and technology-driven sectors that promise jobs and exports.
Startups & Innovation: The startup ecosystem expects incentives around employee stock options and capital access, along with regulatory tweaks that encourage risk capital and talent retention without increasing compliance burdens.
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Sugarcane price hike: Govt raises FRP to Rs 365/quintal for 2026-27, farmers to benefit from higher returns – The Times of India
The government has increased the fair and remunerative price (FRP) of sugarcane by Rs 10 to Rs 365 per quintal for the 2026-27 season beginning October, PTI reported.The decision was approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.“The FRP will be Rs 365/quintal for a basic recovery rate of 10.25 per cent,” Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said after the meeting.The revised FRP is 2.81 per cent higher than the current rate of Rs 355 per quintal for the 2025-26 season.For every 0.1 per cent increase in sugar recovery above 10.25 per cent, the FRP will rise by Rs 3.56 per quintal, providing an incentive to mills for higher efficiency.To safeguard farmers supplying to mills with lower recovery rates, the government has decided that there will be no deduction in FRP for recovery below 9.5 per cent. In such cases, farmers will receive Rs 338.3 per quintal in the 2026-27 season.The production cost of sugarcane for 2026-27 has been estimated at Rs 182 per quintal, making the FRP 100.5 per cent higher than the cost.“Farmers are expected to get more than Rs 1 lakh crore,” Vaishnaw said.The move is expected to benefit nearly one crore sugarcane farmers, along with farm labourers and workers engaged in sugar mills.The FRP has been fixed based on recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) and consultations with state governments and stakeholders.The sugar sector supports the livelihoods of around five crore farmers and their families, and about five lakh workers directly employed in sugar mills, besides those involved in related activities such as transportation.Sugar mills are required to purchase sugarcane from farmers at the FRP or higher.Vaishnaw said the FRP has been increased every year over the past decade, and the latest revision will also support ethanol production from surplus sugarcane.On cane dues, he said that in the 2024-25 season, about Rs 1,02,209 crore, or nearly 99.5 per cent, of the total payable dues of Rs 1,02,687 crore had been cleared as of April 20, 2026.For the ongoing 2025-26 season, Rs 99,961 crore, or 88.6 per cent, has been paid out of total dues of Rs 1,12,740 crore.
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