Union Budget 2026 Positions Logistics at the Centre of India’s Growth and Trade Strategy

Union Budget 2026 has reaffirmed the government’s intent to position logistics as a key enabler of India’s economic, manufacturing and trade ambitions. With a record public capital expenditure of ₹2.2 lakh crore, the Budget places infrastructure-led growth, multimodal connectivity and supply chain efficiency firmly at the centre of India’s development strategy—at a time when global trade is facing elevated uncertainty. For the logistics and supply chain ecosystem, the announcements extend well beyond headline capital expenditure figures. They seek to address long-standing structural bottlenecks that influence cost, predictability and scale across freight movement, manufacturing-driven exports and MSME participation in global value chains. Infrastructure as the backbone of trade competitivenessA consistent theme running through Budget 2026 is the