The finance ministry is expected to come out with a single volume Economic Survey for 2021-22 projecting a growth of around 9 percent for the next financial year.
Breaking away from the tradition of the customary `Halwa ceremony` before the commencement of the Budget Session of the Parliament, this time sweets sweets were provided to the core staff due to undergoing "lock-in" at their workplaces.
FM Nirmala Sitharaman's 2020 Budget speech, that went on for approximately 160 minutes, is considered the longest Budget speech by any finance minister in India's history.