India’s climate perspective: budget 2026 decoded

The Union Budget 2026–27 approaches climate as a matter of economic design and institutional readiness. The emphasis is not on signaling ambition, but on quietly assembling the tools required for transition writes Ms Leena Nandan, Distinguished Fellow, Earth Science and Climate Change Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and Ms Suryaprabha Sadasivan, Senior Vice President, Chase Advisors.