Union Budget 2026 LIVE Streaming: Watch FM Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget Speech Live Here

Union Budget 2026 LIVE Streaming: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to begin her Budget Speech for the Union Budget 2026-27 on Sunday, February 1, at 11 am. The Budget is expected to provide extensive details on economic conditions, fiscal numbers, and major policy announcements, including announcements on the tax front and an AI push.

With every passing minute, speculation ran rampant. Would the Budget bring relief to the common man? Would it fuel economic growth and create new jobs? Or would it be a mere exercise in political rhetoric? But to witness the announcements, people need to watch the speech made by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

Budget 2026 Live Updates:

How To Watch Budget 2025 Live?

The Budget speech will be broadcast

live on News18 and all other news channels. You can also catch all the updates about Budget 2026 on News18.com. News18 will provide detailed live blog updates on the Budget speech, and political, industry, and market reactions.

The Budget speech will also be aired live on Sansad TV, the channel dedicated to parliamentary proceedings, and also on Doordarshan’s news channel, DD News. Additionally, Sansad TV will stream the speech live on its YouTube channel.

Additionally, it will be streamed live on the official websites of the Ministry of Finance and PIB.

The Budget documents can be read and downloaded from https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/.

Budget 2026 Date and Time

Date: February 1, 2026

Time: 11.00 am onwards.

Though former Prime Minister Morarji Desai so far holds the record of the highest number of Budget presentations, FM Sitharaman holds the record of the most number of budgets in a row.

Desai presented a total of six budgets during 1959-64 and four budgets during 1967-69 after a gap of three years.

Apart from Desai, former finance ministers P Chidambaram and Pranab Mukherjee had presented nine and eight budgets, respectively, under different Prime Ministers. They hold second and third highest budget presentation records, respectively.

Out of eight budgets, Mukherjee tabled three budgets in 1982, 1983 and 1984 and five straight ones between February 2009 and March 2012 in the Congress-led UPA government.

Chidambaram presented the budget on nine occasions — two budgets in 1996 and 1997, five budgets between 2004 and 2008, and two budgets during 2013 and 2014.

So, after the presentation of the Union Budget 2026-27 on Sunday, Sitharaman will have tabled eight budgets in a row, breaking her own record. In the total number of budgets, she will become third along with Pranab Mukherjee with eight budgets.