Budget 2021 begins: Cabinet approves Budget 2021
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman begins with Budget 2021 announcements. Currently, the announcements related to Part A are being made.
- This is the first time that a digital Budget is being introduced!
- Budget 2021 is the first budget of the new decade.
- Previously only three times, a contraction in the economy has been followed by Budget.
- Finance Minister mentions that India economy witnessed a contraction due to the global pandemic.
- Government to focus on Atmanirbhar Bharat
- India is a country with the lowest death rate.