Centre has ensured all poll-bound states receive a substantial share in Union Budget 2026-2027 presented by Finance Minister Sitharaman
The central government has ensured all poll-bound states receive a substantial share in the Union Budget 2026-2027 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday, February 1.
This year, Assembly elections will be held in Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and the Union Territory (UT) of Puducherry. Except for Assam, all other states are ruled by non-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) governments.
However, the Budget did not offer much for Telangana, except for railway corridors between Hyderabad and major Indian cities.
West Bengal’s Durgapur will get an integrated East Coast Industrial Corridor with a well-connected node.
To promote mining, processing, research and manufacturing, a dedicated Rare Earth Corridor for Odisha, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu will be established.
The government plans to operationalise 20 new national waterways, with Odisha as its epicentre, starting with the development of National Waterway-5, connecting mineral-rich areas of Talcher (popularly known as the City of Black Diamond) in Angul with key ports of Paradeep and Dhamra and industrial area Kalinganagar.
