Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 06:43am on 01 Feb 2026,Sunday India
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced plans to build seven high-speed rail corridors in Union Budget 2026 to improve inter-city connectivity and support cleaner transport. The proposed routes include Mumbai–Pune, Hyderabad–Bengaluru, Delhi–Varanasi, Varanasi–Siliguri, Pune–Hyderabad, Hyderabad–Chennai, and Chennai–Bengaluru. She said the corridors will link major economic and cultural centres and reduce travel time. The budget also raises public capital expenditure to ₹12.2 lakh crore for FY27 to sustain infrastructure growth. An Infrastructure Risk Guarantee Fund will support large projects. The government also proposed a new East–West freight corridor and expansion of national waterways to improve logistics and cargo movement. (PC: India Today)
