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The Budget 2026 will likely be more than the annual fiscal blueprint, potentially emerging as a strategic instrument to operationalise India’s Viksit Bharat 2047 vision.

The government plans to integrate five-year sectoral action plans covering infrastructure, petroleum and natural gas, telecom, science and technology, and pharmaceuticals into the budget, sources said.

The budget is normally present in early February. The exercise has already begun with high-level pre-budget ministerial meetings steered by NITI Aayog and the finance ministry.

On October 16, NITI Aayog member Rajiv Gauba along with top finance ministry officials held a meeting on the five-year infrastructure plans. The next day sessions focused on petroleum, natural gas, and telecom, while five-y

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