CHENNAI: The Union Budget presented this month cannot be seen in isolation, but as a continuum of the three budgets since the present government came to power in 2024, K Balasubramanian, joint secretary, Ministry of Finance, said on Saturday. He said there was also a lot of focus on technology and artificial intelligence. The budget did not focus on headline giveaways, but instead on getting the basics right to push economic growth and employment generation, he added . The discussion titled ‘Focus: Budget 2026 - What Changed? What Matters?’ saw the participation of advocate MR Venkatesh, NDR InvIT Managers CEO Krishnan Iyer, and Deloitte partner KR Sekar.

Source: Indian Express February 08, 2026 09:30 UTC