{"id":27976,"date":"2026-02-01T07:12:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T07:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/01\/budget-2026-india-to-build-ecologically-sustainable-trekking-and-hiking-trails-says-fm-sitharaman\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T07:12:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T07:12:40","slug":"budget-2026-india-to-build-ecologically-sustainable-trekking-and-hiking-trails-says-fm-sitharaman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/01\/budget-2026-india-to-build-ecologically-sustainable-trekking-and-hiking-trails-says-fm-sitharaman\/","title":{"rendered":"Budget 2026: India to build ecologically sustainable trekking and hiking trails, says FM Sitharaman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Sunday, February 1, that the government will build world class hiking and trekking trails across different mountain regions in the country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;India has the potential and opportunity to offer world class trekking and hiking experience,&#8221; FM Sitharaman said while presenting the Union Budget 2026-27 in Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will develop ecologically sustainable mountain trails in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Jammu and Kashmir,&#8221; Sitharaman added.<br \/>The Finance Minister further stated that the government will also build such trails in the Eastern and Western Ghats of India as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbctv18.com\/budget\/budget-2026-live-updates-fm-nirmala-sitharaman-india-union-budget-speech-today-income-tax-slabs-key-annoucments-liveblog-19838191.htm\">Budget 2026 Live Updates\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>FM Sitharaman further announced that the government aims to boost the tourism sector through promoting medical, heritage and cultural tourism.<\/p>\n<p>The FM said that the government is going to launch a scheme to support states in establishing five Regional Medical Hubs, in partnership with the private sector.<\/p>\n<p>Sitharaman also proposed development of an integrated East Coast Industrial Corridor with a well-connected node at Durgapur, creation of five tourism destinations in the five Purvodaya States, and the provision of 4,000 e-buses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbctv18.com\/budget\/budget-2026-govt-to-borrow-record-rs-17-2-lakh-crore-from-markets-in-fy27-ws-l-19838608.htm\">Budget 2026: Govt to borrow record \u20b917.2 lakh crore from markets in FY27<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To further enhance the cultural tourism, the FM announced the development of 15 archeological sites including Lothal, Dholavia, Rakhigarhi, Adichanallur, Sarnath, Hastinapur, and Leh Palace into vibrant, experiential cultural destinations.<\/p>\n<p>Further, a scheme for development of Buddhist Circuits in Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Assam, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura would also be launched, she added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbctv18.com\/budget\/nirmala-sitharaman-budget-2026-india-to-build-ecologically-sustainable-trekking-hiking-trails-jammu-kashmir-himachal-uttarakhand-ws-l-19838549.htm\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Sunday, February 1, that the government will build world class hiking and trekking trails across different mountain regions in the country. &#8220;India has the potential and opportunity to offer world class trekking and hiking experience,&#8221; FM Sitharaman said while presenting the Union Budget 2026-27 in Parliament. &#8220;We will develop&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}