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India Budget 2021: Great expectations in a year like no other
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Will Modi administration deliver the goods for NRIs?
India’s Union Budget will be presented on February 1. India’s economy is still reeling under the impact of the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) impact. All eyes are on India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who will present the Union Budget 2021. This is the most awaited budget amid Covid-19 and Indians, including non-resident Indians (NRIs), are eagerly waiting for this budget. Earlier, Nirmala Sitharaman’s announcement that the budget would be like no other has created a lot of anticipation. The following are the expectations from this year’s budget:
How will Budget 2021 fund India’s ambitious and costly Covid-19 vaccine programme?
Even at the lower end of the spectrum, 6 crore doses for 3 crore people (just over 2% of the population) would cost the government Rs 1,200 crore. Jan 28, 2021 · 01:30 pm The vaccine shots officially purchased so far would cover only a small section of the 3 crore frontline and healthcare workers. | Sam Panthaky/AFP
India’s Union Budget, which will be announced on February 1, will need to account for the country’s vast and ambitious Covid-19 vaccination programme.
India approved two coronavirus vaccines for emergency use on January 3, and the vaccination drive began on January 16.
January 27, 2021
Struggling with the Covid-19 slump, India’s female entrepreneurs are hoping for a win with this year’s budget.
Between March and June when India was under a complete lockdown, several people especially thousands of women took to entrepreneurship. This was either because these people had lost their jobs and were looking for ways to earn, or because they sensed an opportunity in the growing trend of hyperlocal demand as physical stores and restaurants remained shut. For instance, thousands of women turned home chefs, serving customers who wanted home-cooked food but lacked the culinary skills. Many others tried to make a buck from pandemic-related trends. In rural Karnataka, for instance, 200 women banded together to start producing and selling masks. Others created healthcare and ed-tech products to solve new problems birthed by the pandemic.