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Shshank Saurav
A second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is spreading at a much faster rate than the first one and data showed the worst ever daily spike in the country on Sunday. Certain sections have raised the demand of a nationwide lockdown but given last years’ experience, it is unlikely that the Centre will implement any such pan- India shut down.
The States are better- placed to evaluate the situation and take necessary steps accordingly. A complete lockdown situation will also jeopardise the economic recovery and given the fact that now we have vaccines against the deadly virus, a conscious call should be taken by the policymakers.
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Finance Minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman presented amid high expectations and speculations. This budget has been prepared under the shadow of Covid crisis and economic survey highlighted several issues which our economy is facing.
The budgetary allocation is directed towards reviving growth and government preferred growth over fiscal prudence. Capital expenditure has been increased by 34 per cent to Rs. 5.54 lakh crores which will give a much-needed push to infrastructure development. Expenditure on health sector was expected to be increased due to the unprecedented crisis witnessed last year and the increase in expenditure from Rs. 94,452 crores to Rs 223,846 crores (up by 137 per cent) should be used to build health infrastructure.
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Communist Party of India (CPI) activists get their heads tonsured during a protest against the Union Budget 2021-22, near a Gandhi statue in Visakhapatnam.
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RJD MP Manoj Jha speaks at Rajya Sabha during the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi.
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Opposition leaders stage a protest over farm laws at Rajya Sabha during the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi.
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Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri along with BJP MP Subramanian Swamy during the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi.
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Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi speaks at Rajya Sabha during the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi.
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Budget is more than a “Bahi-Khata” and it outlines the vision of the government. In addition to being a policy document, the budget is a political document as well because funds are allocated to various schemes which are aligned with the political ideology of the ruling dispensation. In a virtual summit organised by Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has already said that current year proposals would be one-of-a-kind.