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Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed Union Budget 2026 as a historic and future-oriented plan that empowers women and accelerates India's journey to become the world's third-largest economy.

Ministers from 95 range countries will gather in India for the inaugural Global Big Cat Summit, focusing on conservation strategies, as announced by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during the 2026-27 Union Budget.

NEW DELHI: Cancer patients are set to benefit from reduced treatment costs after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the removal of basic customs duty

Budget 2026 Political Reactions Live Updates: Today, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharamans ninth consecutive Budget, making her the first woman finance minister to achieve this feat, and the 15th Budget of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government.

NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday announced major reductions and exemptions in customs duties across several sectors, including electroni

The Union Budget 2026-27 underscores India's commitment to building a robust healthcare and education ecosystem, with major investments in medical, pharmaceutical, and allied health training. Alongside, the government is promoting skill development, creative education, and infrastructure upgrades to create career-ready professionals across sectors.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled her ninth consecutive Union Budget in Parliament. However, Opposition parties pushed back, questioning the clarity of spending priorities and accusing the government of crafting a document that will fail to address public concern.

NEW DELHI: India has sharply reworked its overseas development assistance in the Union Budget 2026-27, cutting aid to Bangladesh by half and making no allocatio

Union Budget Education Live Updates: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today (February 1) presented the Union Budget 2026-27 in which she announced at least one new girls hostel in each district, and a new institute for design in Northeast. The Central Government has also proposed supporting the Indian Institute of Creative Technologies, Mumbai, for setting up content labs in 15,000 secondary schools. In one of the biggest announcements for this sector, Sitharaman announced that the Central Government will be setting up five university townships in the vicinity of major industrial logistics centres.In last year's education budget, the BJP government had promised that in the next 5 years, 75,000 medical seats will be added, and the government will give a boost to the infrastructure of IITs set up after 2014. In 2025, Central government allocated Rs 1,28,650.05 crore, marking a 6.65 per cent increase from 2024.As per the economic survey 2025-26 tabled in Parliament on Thursday (January 29) by Sitharaman, India has achieved near-universal enrolment at the school level, however, the gains in enrolment have not translated uniformly into learning outcomes particularly beyond the elementary stage, where net enrolment rate (NER) remains low at 52.2 per cent.Scroll down to check latest Union Budget Education updates, industry expectations, Education News, Times Now

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Union Budget 2026 prioritised youth empowerment, women in STEM and skilling reforms, while skipping major announcements for IITs and IIMs, marking a shift from last year's higher-education focus.