Union Budget 2026 Likely on Sunday; CCPA to Finalise Date Today.
The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA) is scheduled to meet today, January 7, to take the final call on the date of the Union Budget 2026-27, sources told Moneycontrol. The government is reportedly inclined to stick to February 1, which would make it the first time the Budget is presented on a Sunday. Preparations are already underway, though formal approval is pending.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her eighth consecutive Budget, also marking the 80th Budget since Independence. The budget session of Parliament is expected to begin on January 28 with the customary presidential address, and the exact timing of the Budget presentation will be confirmed after the CCPA’s approval.
Since 2017, Budgets have been presented at 11 am on February 1, a change from the earlier February 28 schedule, first introduced under former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to allow faster implementation of proposals. Presenting the Budget on a weekend is not unprecedented — Sitharaman presented the 2025 Budget on a Saturday, while Jaitley presented the 2015 and 2016 Budgets on Saturdays.
If the February 1 date holds, Sitharaman will become the first finance minister to present nine consecutive Budgets, approaching the record of former Prime Minister Morarji Desai, who presented 10 Budgets across two tenures. Sitharaman, India’s first full-time woman finance minister, continues to hold the portfolio following the Modi government’s third consecutive term.
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