Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's 'war room', which includes officials who drafted Budget 2026, consists of Economic Affairs Secretary Anuradha Thakur, Revenue Secretary Arvind Srivastava, Expenditure Secretary V Vualnam and Financial Services Secretary M Nagaraju. DIPAM Secretary Arunish Chawla, Public Enterprises Secretary Moses Chalai and CEA V Anantha Nageswaran are also on the team.