Budget 2026 Highlights | No Sops For Buyers, But What’s in Budget 2026 For Auto?

The Union Budget 2026 may not have offered direct tax cuts or big-ticket incentives for car and bike buyers, but it sent strong signals for the future of India’s mobility sector. Instead of immediate consumer sops, the focus was on long-term priorities like cleaner fuels, EV battery manufacturing, critical minerals and accident compensation relief. Key announcements include phased blending of compressed biogas with CNG, customs duty exemptions for materials used in EV batteries, and income tax relief on interest awarded by Motor Accident Claims Tribunals. While the budget looked quiet for the auto industry on the surface, it laid the groundwork for a cleaner, more self-reliant and future-ready mobility ecosystem.