Budget 2021: The Winners, Losers and the Largely Unaffected
There is no âbad newsâ in the budget but at the same time, the average consumer has not been left with more money in her pocket.
India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (C) stands next to Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur (3rd L) as she leaves her office to present the federal budget in the parliament in New Delhi, India, February 1, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Anushree Fadnavis
Health01/Feb/2021
New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government’s first Union budget since the pandemic has walked a tight line in ensuring that the Indian economy is steered out a historical contraction in GDP while trying to find more financial resources to fight the economic effects of the lockdown.