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Budget 2021 news updates: Nirmala Sitharaman delivers budget speech at parliament.
New Delhi:
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressed parliament today with details of the Union Budget 2021, the first after a difficult year for the economy due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She announced foreign direct investment (FDI) hike in insurance to 74 per cent from 49 per cent with foreign control under safeguards. The Finance Minister has set a target of Rs 16.5 lakh crore as agricultural credit. Her budget speech comes after a difficult year for the economy due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which shut down businesses for months, leading to lost earnings, curtailed consumer spending and job cuts. The total impact of Atmanirbhar Bharat and measures by RBI was Rs 27.1 lakh crore, which amounts to 30 per cent of GDP, Ms Sitharaman said. 2021 is a year of many milestones, she said.
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Union Budget 2021 In Photos: Finance Min Sitharaman Presents First Paperless Budget on a Tablet
Here is the tablet that Union Finance Minister used to present the first paperless budget, in pictures. Tech | News18.com | February 1, 2021, 11:54 am
1/ 5 Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget in the parliament today. This year, just like last year, the Union Finance Minister broke away from the older tradition, in order to present the budget in a paperless form, on a tablet. Last year, Sitharaman had presented the Union Budget in a traditional Bahi Khaata , which was also a move away from the age-old tradition of the Budget arriving in a suitcase. (Image Credit: Twitter/ ANI)