Budget

• Zero-poverty.
• Hundred per cent good quality school education.
• Access to high-quality, affordable, and comprehensive healthcare.
• Hundred per cent skilled labour with meaningful employment.
• Seventy per cent women in economic activities; and
• Farmers making our country the ‘food basket of the world’.

Budget Estimates 2025-26

• The total receipts other than borrowings and the total expenditure are estimated at ₹34.96 lakh crore and ₹50.65 lakh crore respectively.
• The net tax receipts are estimated at ₹28.37 lakh crore.
• The fiscal deficit is estimated to be 4.4 per cent of GDP.
• The gross market borrowings are estimated at ₹14.82 lakh crore.
• Capex Expenditure of ₹11.21 lakh crore (3.1% of GDP) earmarked in FY2025-26.

Agriculture as the 1st Engine of Development

• Prime Minister Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana – Developing Agri Districts Programme
• Building Rural Prosperity and Resilience
• Aatmanirbharta in Pulses
• Comprehensive Programme for Vegetables & Fruits
• Makhana Board in Bihar
• National Mission on High Yielding Seeds
• Fisheries
• Mission for Cotton Productivity
• Enhanced Credit through KCC
• Urea Plant in Assam.

MSMEs as the 2nd Engine of Development

• Revision in classification criteria for MSMEs
• Credit Cards for Micro Enterprises
• Fund of Funds for Startups
• Scheme for First-time Entrepreneurs
• Focus Product Scheme for Footwear & Leather Sectors
• Measures for the Toy Sector
• Support for Food Processing
• Manufacturing Mission – Furthering “Make in India”.

Investment as the 3rd Engine of Development

• Investing in People
  • Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0
  • Atal Tinkering Labs
  • Broadband Connectivity to Government Secondary Schools and PHCs
  • Bharatiya Bhasha Pustak Scheme
  • National Centres of Excellence for Skilling
  • Expansion of Capacity in IITs
  • Centre of Excellence in AI for Education
  • Expansion of medical education
  • Day Care Cancer Centres in all District Hospitals
  • Strengthening urban livelihoods
  • PM SVANidhi
  • Social Security Scheme for Welfare of Online Platform Workers.

• Investing in the Economy
  • Public Private Partnership in Infrastructure
  • Support to States for Infrastructure
  • Asset Monetization Plan 2025-30
  • Jal Jeevan Mission
  • Urban Challenge Fund
  • Nuclear Energy Mission for Viksit Bharat
  • Shipbuilding
  • Maritime Development Fund
  • UDAN – Regional Connectivity Scheme
  • Greenfield Airport in Bihar
  • Western Koshi Canal Project in Mithilanchal
  • Mining Sector Reforms
  • SWAMIH Fund 2
  • Tourism for employment-led growth
• Investing in Innovation
  • Research, Development and Innovation
  • Deep Tech Fund of Funds
  • PM Research Fellowship
  • Gene Bank for Crops Germplasm
  • National Geospatial Mission
  • Gyan Bharatam Mission
• Exports as the 4th Engine of Development
  • Export Promotion Mission
  • BharatTradeNet
  • National Framework for GCC
• Reforms as Fuel: Financial Sector reforms and Development
  • FDI in Insurance Sector
  • Credit Enhancement Facility by NaBFID
  • Grameen Credit Score
  • Pension Sector
  • High Level Committee for Regulatory Reforms
  • Investment Friendliness Index of States
  • Jan Vishwas Bill 2.0