Spring Batch is a lightweight framework for batch processing that provides reusable functions for transaction management, error handling, parallel processing, and more. It allows developers to focus on the business logic rather than infrastructure concerns. Spring Batch is lightweight and can be easily embedded into existing applications. It uses a POJO-based programming model with dependency injection and supports reading from and writing to various data sources. Jobs in Spring Batch are comprised of steps that can run sequentially or conditionally and process data in chunks for improved performance.