Budget 2026 News 2
- 30th January 2026
- 12:00 PM
- 2 min read
PL Capital
Kejriwal suggests the following for Budget 2026:
- Extend reasonable incentives to labour-intensive sectors: Production-linked or similar schemes for apparel, footwear, leather goods, and lifestyle products can boost jobs and exports, while also giving malls a stronger local brand base.
- Hike credit access for MSME suppliers: Many small manufacturers selling to big chains face long payment cycles. Targeted credit-guarantee and interest-support schemes for those with proven links to organised retail can ease working-capital pain without distorting lending.
- Streamline export from retail hubs: Simple, digital, single-window systems and export-oriented facilities in major retail clusters would help Indian brands use malls and high streets as showrooms for global buyers, especially under the new trade deals.
- Offer more benefits to efficiency rather than to size: Support will most benefit projects and retailers that can convert better tax treatment, clearer rules, and marginally increased consumption into higher sales per square foot. It is already clear that weaker assets will need to upgrade, reposition, or exit.
- Make more investments into transport, digital networks, and logistics: Along with focused benefits for MSMEs, these will help organised retail grow in Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities – not speculatively, but on the foundation of real catchments and mobility corridors.
