India Unveils USD583B Spending Plan
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the expenditure blueprint—totaling 53.5 lakh crore rupees—to parliament, warning lawmakers of mounting international pressures.
"We face an external environment in which trade and multilateralism are imperilled and access to resources and supply chains are disrupted," Sitharaman told the legislative body.
The spending package includes sweeping incentives for foreign cloud computing firms, offering tax exemptions through 2047 for companies operating global services via Indian data centers—a move analysts say could transform the nation into a technology infrastructure powerhouse.
Sitharaman additionally outlined customs duty reductions covering 17 cancer medications, aimed at lowering treatment costs for patients.
Defense allocations climbed roughly 15% to 7.85 lakh crore rupees ($85.4 billion), the Indian Defense Ministry confirmed.
Jaijit Bhattacharya, who leads the Centre for Digital Economy Policy Research think tank, characterized the fiscal roadmap as an "overall reforms-oriented budget, which stays within the guardrails of sticking to a reducing fiscal deficit glide path."
"The tax holiday on data centers will drive India to become a global data center hub, similar to what Ireland did," he stated.
Economic projections submitted by Sitharaman earlier this week estimate 7.4% GDP expansion for the current fiscal year concluding in March, with growth forecast between 6.8% and 7.2% for the subsequent 12-month period through March 2027.
The budget faces certain approval in the bicameral legislature, where Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party commands a governing majority alongside coalition partners.
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