FM Nirmala Sitharaman has launched the Union Budget Mobile App. The highly useful App comes with easy access, multiple language option and top features. The budget app has been developed by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) under the guidance of the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA).
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27 January 2021
Union Budget 2021-22 will be delivered in paperless form for the first time and, hopefully, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman may not have to carry with her the usual papers containing the budget speech to Parliament this time.
The Union Budget 2021-22, which will be presented on 1 February 2021, would also be vastly different from former budgets, and with the cont inued down-trend of the economy due to COVID-19, the expectation is that the budget would usher in some bold new changes.
Ahead of the presentation of the Budget, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman also launched the `Union Budget Mobile App’ for hassle-free access of Budget documents by Members of Parliament (MPs) and the general public using the simplest form of digital convenience. The mobile App facilitates complete access to 14 Union Budget documents, including the Annual Financial Statement (commonly known as Budget), Demand for Grants (DG), Finance Bill etc as prescribe
This will be the first time since the presentation of independent India s first budget on November 26, 1947, that the documents containing income and expenditure statement of the Union government along with the finance bill, detailing new taxes and other measures for the new financial year, will not be physically print
As Budget 2021 goes paperless, FM Sitharaman launches mobile app to provide info
The Budget documents will be available on the mobile app after the completion of the Budget speech by FM Sitharaman in Parliament on 1 February.Premium
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Ahead of the presentation of the Union Budget on 1 February, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday launched the Union Budget Mobile App for hassle-free access of Budget-related documents by Members of Parliament (MPs) and the public.
For the first time since independence, the budget papers will not be printed in the wake of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Union Budget 2021, slated to be presented on 1 February, is going to be completely paperless.