Budget 2026 focuses on infrastructure, MSMEs; No tax relief for middle class
Remaining committed to fiscal consolidation, the Budget, presented in the Lok Sabha, pegged the fiscal deficit for 2026-27 at 4.3 percent of GDP while improving the debt-GDP ratio at 55.6 per cent in 2026-27 as against 56.1 percent in the revised estimates of 2025-26.