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UPDATED: February 1, 2021 11:12 IST
Nirmala Sitharaman seen holding a Made in India tablet in a red case instead of the conventional brown briefcase or bahi khata (Photo: Reuters)
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Union Budget 2021 will be presented in paperless form for the first time, with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman seen holding a Made in India tablet in a red case instead of the conventional brown briefcase or bahi khata as she posed for the media ahead of the Parliament session.
Sitharaman had broken away from tradition when she replaced the briefcase and opted for the traditional bahi khata (a ledger wrapped in a red cloth) while presenting the Budget in 2019. Then she had said the Modi government was not a suitcase-carrying government , seen as a retort to Congress suit-boot sarkar jibe.