Post Budget Perspectives - AI and Digitisation
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
The Indian government presented the Budget for the coming FY recently. The IT sector has reacted positively to its focus on strengthening the AI and digitisation of infrastructure.
Following are some comments from the IT sector -
"Budget 2026–27 signals that AI adoption in India is moving into the scale phase. With a Rs 1 lakh crore commitment towards research, innovation and emerging technologies, the focus is clearly shifting from pilots to enterprise-wide execution. The winners will be organisations that go beyond isolated use-cases and build AI capability across people, process and performance. This isn’t just about skilling; it’s about redesigning workflows, strengthening governance and embedding AI into day-to-day operations to unlock measurable productivity and quality gains. The next advantage will come from execution, how quickly businesses can turn AI intent into repeatable outcomes across functions."
--Pradeip Agarwal, Co- Founder & CRO, Stratbeans
"Union Budget 2026-27 sends a clear signal that India’s digital competitiveness will be built on scalable AI adoption, stronger digital infrastructure and enterprise-led innovation. Continued focus on compute, data and talent will help technology and services organisations move from efficiency-driven models to outcome-led, AI-first operations that support global enterprises. Equally important is the emphasis on predictability and long-term policy alignment, which enables enterprises to make sustained investments in global delivery, engineering capabilities and advanced digital platforms. This will reinforce India’s position not just as a technology services hub, but as a strategic innovation partner for global businesses."
--Anuj Khurana, Co-founder & CEO, Anaptyss
These comments show that while the IT sector is optimistic about the outcome of this budget, the IT leaders also caution the industry that the greatest benefit from these policies shall be availed only if the organisations adopt digitisation and Smart techs as a way of regular practice and not just as a experiment.
It remains to be seen how the impacts will play out in coming future.
