Stacks 17 – Daily Events Calendar – 2 February 2026
INDIA — Polity & Executive INDIA — Economy & Finance INDIA — Law, Courts & Accountability INDIA — Sports GLOBAL…
India Budget 2026: Denominator/Real/Nominal
Read the FY 2026-27 budget like a bond trader and you end up with two denominators: nominal GDP (the base…
Union Budget 2026–27 Highlights: What’s In
What the Budget is positioning itself as Budget at a glance (₹ crore) Component (₹ crore) 2024–25 (Actual) 2025–26 (BE)…
Union Budget 2026–27: What Changes for Whom
1) For ordinary taxpayers and salaried families 2) For SMEs, micro enterprises, and Tier-II/Tier-III business ecosystems 3) For industry: manufacturing,…
Union Budget 2026: Explainer 4 – Taxes + Customs
New Income Tax Act, 2025 is slated to take effect from April 2026. Simplified rules and redesigned forms are to…
Union Budget 2026: Explainer 3 – People + Inclusion/Skills, Services, Farming, Welfare/Regional focus
A High-Powered Education to Employment and Enterprise Standing Committee is proposed to recommend services-sector focused measures as a core driver…
Union Budget 2026: Explainer 2 – Growth/Manufacturing–Infrastructure–Energy
Intervention 1: scaling manufacturing in 7 strategic + frontier sectors Biopharma scale-up Biopharma SHAKTI is announced with ₹10,000 crore over…
Union Budget 2026: Explainer 1 – The Fiscal Frame
The topline arithmetic (Budget Estimates for FY 2026–27) Non-debt receipts are estimated at ₹36.5 lakh crore. Total expenditure is estimated…
Budget 2026: Farmer Income Growth—Higher Productivity in Agriculture and Allied Sectors
The agriculture-and-allied strategy is a productivity play across horticulture, high-value crops, animal husbandry, fisheries, and plantation forestry (sandalwood), strengthened by…
Budget 2026: Ease of Doing Business and Ease of Living—Tax, Compliance and Customs Reforms
The ease agenda combines capital-market access, taxpayer service improvements, compliance rationalisation, and customs digitisation. On the taxpayer side, it lowers…
Budget 2026: Receipts and Expenditure Snapshot—Major Spending Heads and Robust Economic Base
Robust Economic Foundations The receipts and expenditure charts show both the composition and direction of the budget aggregates, using ₹…