Budget 2021: State CMs divided over obvious party lines
The Chief Ministers of the states ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party hailed the Budget, while the CMs of non-BJP ruled states called it “disappointing”. February 02, 2021 / 11:36 AM IST
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stands next to Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur (L) as she leaves her office to present the Union Budget in the parliament in New Delhi on February 1. (File image: Reuters)
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Budget for 2021-22 in Parliament on February 1. In the Budget, the minister proposed to increase spending on health care that promises extra help for weathering the COVID-19 pandemic.