Budget 2026 Prioritizes Education, Ignores Mid-Career Security

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented Budget 2026 on Feb. 1, 2026, which emphasizes education and skilling but offers limited short-term support for mid-career professionals facing AI-driven layoffs. The Budget creates a high-powered committee to study AI’s employment impact but provides no direct safety net, even as firms such as Amazon and Meta cut thousands and Layoffs.fyi reports about 123,000 tech job losses in 2025.