Union Budget
Nirmala Sitharaman to present Union Budget today
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget on Monday.
This will be her third presentation of the country's budget.
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The budget this year is crucial as the country is recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nirmala Sitharaman had announced several economic packages and relief measures to combat the COVID-19 situation.
India’s real GDP to record a growth of 11 per cent in 2021-22 and nominal GDP by 15.4 per cent-the highest since independence. The V-shaped economic recovery is supported by the initiation of a mega vaccination drive with hopes of a robust recovery in the services sector and prospects for robust growth in consumption and investment, as per the Economic Survey.
Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Economic Survey 2020-21 in Parliament on Friday, which states that the rebound will be led by the low base and continued normalization in economic activities as the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines gathers traction.
#UnionBudget2021 to be the first-ever digital-only Budget@FinMinIndia @PIB_India @airnewsalerts pic.twitter.com/rcZGm2IH7h
— DD News (@DDNewslive) February 1, 2021
Interestngly, this year the first-ever digital-only Budget is being presented by the government.
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She will be using a tablet instead of the Indian traditional 'bahi khata' to present the budget.
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