Nirmala Sitharaman Speech on Indian Union Budget 2026 in Hindi Live Updates: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the budget for the ninth consecutive time. With this she will create a new record in the parliamentary history of the country. Finance Minister Sitharaman will come very close to former PM Morarji Desai’s record of 10 budgets. Desai presented 6 budgets between 1959-1964 and 4 between 1967-1969. However, Sitharaman will be at the forefront of presenting the budget consistently. He has also left behind former Finance Minister Chidambaram (9 budgets) and Pranab Mukherjee (8 budgets). Both these Finance Ministers had touched these figures during different tenures.
Talking about the budget presented today, there are a lot of expectations from it. This time the eyes are fixed on customs reforms. It is believed that gold and silver may become cheaper due to the budget. Standard deduction can be increased in the new income tax regime. Kisan Samman Nidhi can be increased. Amrit Bharat and Vande Bharat trains may be announced.
With this, the subsidy on solar systems up to 2 kilowatts can be increased to Rs. 40 thousand, which is currently Rs. 30 thousand per kilowatt. If the subsidy is increased then a subsidy of Rs 80 thousand will be available on 2KW solar system. With this the scope of Ayushman Bharat scheme can be increased. At present, elderly people above 70 years of age are getting its benefit. This can be reduced to 60 years. Women hope that the scope of schemes like Ujjwala Yojana will increase. Women entrepreneurs can also get cheap loans.