Parliament
Modi on Parliament's Budget session: Finance Minister will continue with 'mini budgets' in 2021
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the annual budget, to be presented on Feb 1, will be about the "mini budgets" in the form of "small packages", on the first day of Parliament's Budget session, which began on Friday amid Covid-19 pandemic.
"In 2020, the Finance Minister has already brought four-five mini budgets in the form of different packages. The upcoming budget will be in continuation of the mini budgets already announced to further strengthen our resolve to build an Atma Nirbhar Bharat," Modi said outside Parliament.
Meanwhile, 18 opposition parties including the Congress have boycotted President Ram Nath Kovind's speech in protest against the Centre's contentious farm laws, that have triggered widespread protests in and around Delhi.
The session is expected to be stormy with the opposition leaders aiming to corner the government over the agricultural reforms amid the ongoing farmers' protest.
The session is expected to continue till the first week of April.
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