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Kerala Left Out as Union Budget 2026 Skips High-Speed Rail Despite State Push for Thiruvananthapuram–Kannur Corridor Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman , while presenting the Union Budget 2026–27 , announced the development of seven new high-speed rail corridors across India , marking a major step towards modernising the country’s passenger rail infrastructure and promoting environmentally sustainable transport systems. The announcement was made during her ninth consecutive

In 1999, when February 28 fell on a Sunday, then Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha presented the Budget a day earlier on Saturday, February 27, during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee–led NDA government. Nirmala Sitharaman Creates History With 9th Consecutive Union Budget Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman  created history on February 1 by presenting her ninth consecutive Union Budget , becoming the first Finance Minister in India  to deliver nine Budgets in an unbroken sequence

The Budget Session of Parliament 2026  officially commenced on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 , setting the stage for the presentation of the Economic Survey of India  and the Union Budget 2026–27 . The session, which will span 65 days , is scheduled to conclude on Thursday, April 2, 2026 , and will comprise 30 sittings  across two phases. The Budget Session opened with a joint address by the President of India  to both Houses of Parliament — the Lok Sabha  and the Rajya Sabha