Nirmala Sitharaman Exclusive Interview | FMs First Interview After The Budget | Union Budget 2026

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday acknowledged that Budget 2026 was “slightly different" from previous ones, but stressed that its central theme was stability at a time of unprecedented global uncertainty. In an exclusive interview with Network18 Group Editor-in-Chief Rahul Joshi, FM Sitharaman, responding to criticism that the budget was cautious or status quoist, said the approach was deliberate. “The Indian economy’s fundamentals are absolutely strong. It is the global uncertainties… of an order that we have never seen before," she said, adding that the government had to factor in not just the current year but the next Finance Commission cycle and the long road to Viksit Bharat 2047. Stability, she underlined, was a conscious signal to businesses and investors navigating tariff wars, conflicts, and volatile global markets.

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