Budget 2021 Utterly Disregards the Education Catastrophe Inflicted by COVID-19
Is it not amply clear that the fall-out from such persistent neglect of education is bound to create serious social and economic problems with long lasting effects?
Students wearing protective face masks are seen inside a classroom of a government-run school after authorities ordered schools to reopen voluntarily for classes 9 to 12, in Gurugram, India October 15, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Anushree Fadnavis
Education02/Feb/2021
âNo surprisesâ seems to be the hashtag for this yearâs budget, as echoed by the giants of Indian industry on TV channels, as they heave sighs of relief and project hope for an economic recovery. No surprises, because the government proceeded on a mostly business as usual plan, reiterating its commitment to privatisation â albeit more openly â focussing on incentives to corporates, including labour reforms, no COVID-19 cess and plenty of other platitudes amoun
File photo of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at Parliament. | PTI
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday will present the Union Budget for 2021-’22. While speaking at a virtual event of the Confederation of Indian Industry last month, Sitharaman had asked for inputs to formulate a Budget “like never before”. This was significant as it came in the year of the coronavirus pandemic and an unprecedented lockdown, as well as when the economy plunged to brand-new lows.
The pandemic added to existing woes as India’s economy was already slowing down before it struck. The year has left Sitharaman with the task of having to increase government spending in order to boost the economy, but with little scope for higher revenue collection or borrowing from the market.
Budget 2021: Watch live streaming on Aajtak, India Today
Budget Presentation today: Union Budget 2020-21 is a challenging one as Sitharaman has a mammoth task of managing to bring the economy back to pre-COVID levels and to tackle the curveballs thrown by the coronavirus crisis
BusinessToday.In | February 1, 2021 | Updated 09:14 IST
Budget 2021 expectations: With the economic growth at a 10-year low, widening fiscal deficit and inflation at its peak, the entire country and the world will watch this budget very closely
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will table her first budget post coronavirus pandemic on February 1 at 11 am.
Viewers can catch the live updates of the budget like never before on Aaj Tak, India Today and Lok Sabha TV channels. Besides this, you can also catch live coverage of Union Budget 2021 -22 on the YouTube channels of PIB India, Aaj Tak, India Today and Lok Sabha.