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He said that PM Modi was talking about minimum government and maximum governance and that was the first time he heard that from an Indian politician

Sitharaman, who had in her first budget in 2019 replaced leather briefcase that had been for decades used for carrying budget documents with a traditional red cloth 'bahi-khata', had earlier this month stated that the budget for the fiscal year beginning April will be "like never before".

Union Budget 2021 Live Updates: We chose to spend big on infrastructure and healthcare sector, says FM Sitharaman As India emerges from the COVID-19 crisis, the ninth budget under the Modi government, including an interim one, is widely expected to focus on boosting spending on job creation and rural development, generous allocations for development schemes, putting more money in the hands of the average taxpayer and easing rules to attract foreign investments. By Reema Sharma | Last Upda...

COVID-19 vaccine Sitharaman announced Rs 2,83,846 lakh crores for the health and wellness sector which will also include Rs 35,000 crores for COVID-19 vaccines and also said that she is committed to spending more if needed. This money will be used for the development and distribution of the vaccines. She said this amounts to a 137 percent increase in the health allocations from the previous FY. The Finance Minister said that two new COVID-19 vaccines will soon be announced without making any me...

The finance minister said details of a voluntary vehicle scrapping policy will be announced soon to phase out old vehicles.

URL copied Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announces Budget 2021 in Lok Sabha. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday presented the Union Budget 2021-2022 in the Parliament. Being the first budget of a new decade and also the one during the pandemic, the budget was focussed on boosting, encouraging India towards being Aatmanirbhar (Self-Reliant). The two main key segments where the government focussed its spending were infrastructure and health. Finance Minister said ...

Taxation Tax System. We slashed our Corporate Tax rate to make it lowest in the world. - For senior citizens with the only pension as a source of income, government grants exemption from filing income tax returns. - I propose to reduce the time limit for reopening of assessments (tax assessments) to 3 years from the present 6 years: FM - Govt to set-up a faceless dispute resolution mechanism for small taxpayers. - Govt proposes to increase the threshold for tax audit to Rs.10 crore vs Rs. 5cror...

Opposition MPs raise slogans as Sitharaman begins Budget speech Opposition MPs raise slogans as Sitharaman begins Budget speech In the initial few seconds of her speech, Sitharaman was barely audible as sloganeering by Opposition MPs drowned her voice. advertisement UPDATED: February 1, 2021 12:01 IST In the initial few seconds of her speech, Sitharaman, presenting her third Union Budget, was barely audible (Screengrab) Some Opposition MPs raised slogans over the farmers protest as soon as Fina...