Budget 2021: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman replaces Swadeshi bahi khata with Made in India tablet
It is to be noted that Union Budget 2021 is going to be completely paperless due to COVID-19 pandemic.
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Updated: Feb 1, 2021, 10:02 AM IST
As Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman gets ready to present paperless Union Budget 2021 for the first time on Monday (February 1), she replaced Swadeshi bahi khata with a digital tablet.
Talking to Zee Media, Sitharaman said that she is going to present Union Budget 2021 using a Made in India tablet. It may be recalled, in 2019, Sitharaman broke an age-old tradition of carrying a briefcase for the Union Budget presentation by deciding to carrying a ‘bahi khata’.
She completed her look with a gold chain and bangles and tiny earrings. Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, replacing her signature bahi khata , she opted to carry the documents in a tablet, which was wrapped in a red-coloured cover with national emblem emblazoned on it.
Read more about Budget 2021: Nirmala Sitharaman replaces Swadeshi bahi khata with tablet on Business Standard. With the Union Budget 2021 set to be delivered in paperless form for the first time, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman replaced the Swadeshi bahi khata and switched to a tablet
-Increase Healthcare expenditure to save lives.
-Increase Defence expenditure to safeguard borders.
Through his tweet, Rahul put forward his three key demands, covering areas that he had previously focussed on - Medium and small-scale industries, farmers and workers; health care and defence.
The Congress leader shared his wish list nearly half-an-hour before
Ever since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic last year,
In August last year, Rahul had painted a bleak picture of the job-creation scenario in the country and warned of mass unemployment by early 2021. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is currently presenting the
Union Budget 2021-22 in Parliament amid huge public expectations at a time when India is recovering from the COVID-19 crisis.
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