{"id":1391,"date":"2026-01-13T12:39:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T04:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=1391"},"modified":"2026-01-13T12:39:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T04:39:02","slug":"markets-brace-for-union-budget-2026-rally-or-reality-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=1391","title":{"rendered":"Markets Brace For Union Budget 2026: Rally Or Reality Check?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p> <div> <p>As India heads into the Union Budget 2026, Dalal Street is watching closely for signals that could shape the next market move. After a volatile year marked by global risks, US tariff worries and slowing domestic consumption, investors are not expecting big giveaways \u2014 but they do want stability, fiscal discipline and targeted growth support. With the fiscal deficit already at 62% of the FY26 target, the government\u2019s room to spend is limited. Still, markets are hoping for a capex push in defence, railways and green energy, along with possible incentives for new-age sectors like AI and space. The biggest wild card remains capital gains tax. Even a small tweak here could spark a rally.<\/p> <\/div> <p>Business today, Union Budget 2026, FM Nirmala Sitharaman, Nifty, Sensex#Markets #Brace #Union #Budget #Rally #Reality #Check1768279142<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As India heads into the Union Budget 2026, Dalal Street is watching closely for signals that could shape the next market move. After a volatile year marked by global risks, US tariff worries and slowing domestic consumption, investors are not expecting big giveaways \u2014 but they do want stability, fiscal discipline and targeted growth support. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[2111,489,109,795,887,358,2110,2112,2113,1721,911,1892],"class_list":["post-1391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content-marketing","tag-brace","tag-budget","tag-business-today","tag-check","tag-fm-nirmala-sitharaman","tag-markets","tag-nifty","tag-rally","tag-reality","tag-sensex","tag-union","tag-union-budget-2026"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}