Union Budget 2026, Jan. 30 -- The Budget will be presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament on 1 February 2026, Sunday. This will be Sitharaman's ninth consecutive Budget speech and is the first time that the India Union Budget will be presented on a Sunday in at least a decade.

The Halwa ceremony, which marks the final stage of the preparation process for Union Budget 2026-27, was held on 27 January in the Budget Press at North Block, in the presence of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The Halwa ceremony takes place before officials are locked in to prepare the Union Budget.

On 28 January, the Budget Session commenced with a joint address by President Droupadi Murmu to both the Houses of Parliament. And Si...