
Union Budget 2026–27: Reform Rhetoric, Unequal Outcomes
True reforms would ensure a level playing field and boost public investments in education, healthcare and social security

True reforms would ensure a level playing field and boost public investments in education, healthcare and social security

In spite of the Agreement being presented officially as win-win, it is one-sided.

The Union Budget 2026-27 lacks a clear vision which will neither resolve the current problems faced by the economy nor will it help meet the global challenge ahead.

The Rajasthan Atomic Power Project (RAPP), located at Rawatbhata near the Rana Pratap Sagar Dam, serves as the cornerstone of India’s indigenous nuclear energy program. Managed by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), the site transitioned from early collaboration with Canada (CANDU reactors) to becoming the primary testing ground for India’s sovereign Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) technology.

The IMPRI Center for the Study of Finance and Economics (CSFE) at the IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, organized a thematic discussion on Indian Economy and Union Budget 2026-27 as a part of the 7th Annual Series of Thematic Deliberations and Analysis of Union Budget 2026-27 which was held on 7th February 2026.

Women’s labour has always been central to India’s economy. Yet it remains among the most undervalued and least recognised forms of work.

The shared spiritual landscape between India and Myanmar is anchored in a 2,500-year-old history. Buddhism, which migrated from the plains of Magadha to the shores of the Irrawaddy, serves as the "civilizational glue" for bilateral relations. For Myanmar’s predominantly Theravada Buddhist population, India is Jambudvipa—the sacred land of the Enlightenment.