New Delhi, Feb. 11 -- Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said that West Bengal has been placed at the centre of the Union Budget 2026-27 under the government's 'Purvodaya' (Rise of the East) strategy, rejecting allegations that the state did not find mention in the Budget.

In a post on X, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman shared a video of her response in the Lok Sabha to allegations that certain states were excluded from budget allocations.

Sitharaman termed as "misinformation" the claim that West Bengal had been ignored in the Budget. She highlighted several announcements that would directly benefit the state.

The Finance Minister said that the Budget explicitly announces an integrated East Coast Industrial Corr...