Union Budget 2026-27: FM Nirmala Sitharaman Announces Major Boost for Orange Economy and Creative Education

• Orange Economy = the creative economy spanning AVGC (Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, Comics) plus film, music, design, content creation — a sunrise sector flagged in Union Budget 2026-27.
• Budget proposes IICT Mumbai to set up AVGC Content Creator Labs in 15,000 secondary schools & 500 colleges to feed a sector projected to need ~2 million professionals by 2030.
• Relevant for UPSC because it sits at the intersection of GS-III (economy, skill development, employment) and GS-II (education policy, NEP 2020 vocational integration).