The Union Budget 2026 places India’s fast-growing creative economy firmly on the national growth agenda. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman highlighted content creation, design, animation, and digital storytelling as key drivers of employment and exports, signalling a shift from viewing cultural industries as niche pursuits to recognising them as engines of the digital economy.

Giving a major boost to the Orange Economy, the Budget extends targeted support to animation, VFX, gaming, and comics, sectors projected to need nearly two million skilled professionals by 2030. A landmark initiative will set up content creator labs in 15,000 schools and 500 colleges, supported by the Indian Institute of Creative Technologies, to nurture creative talent nationwide.

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