New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday morning reached the Ministry of Finance in the North Block, ahead of presenting the Union Budget 2021-22 in the Parliament.
Budget 2021 news updates: Nirmala Sitharaman delivers budget speech at parliament.
New Delhi:
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressed parliament today with details of the Union Budget 2021, the first after a difficult year for the economy due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She announced foreign direct investment (FDI) hike in insurance to 74 per cent from 49 per cent with foreign control under safeguards. The Finance Minister has set a target of Rs 16.5 lakh crore as agricultural credit. Her budget speech comes after a difficult year for the economy due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which shut down businesses for months, leading to lost earnings, curtailed consumer spending and job cuts. The total impact of Atmanirbhar Bharat and measures by RBI was Rs 27.1 lakh crore, which amounts to 30 per cent of GDP, Ms Sitharaman said. 2021 is a year of many milestones, she said.
Read more about Union Budget 2021: Nirmala Sitharaman reaches Ministry of Finance on Business Standard. MoS Finance and Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur has also arrived at the Ministry of Finance
Budget 2021 Highlights: Chidambaram lashes out at govt; says migrants, farmers deceived
Union Budget 2021 Highlights: Congress leader P. Chidambaram said that the government had only marginally raised health funding, which when adjusted to inflation becomes nil
BusinessToday.In | February 1, 2021 | Updated 19:56 IST
Union Budget 2021: Although the government has claimed a massive increase of 137 per cent in health allocation in Budget 2021, Congress leader P. Chidambaram lashed out at the Centre saying the figure was just a conjurer s trick
Union Budget 2021
: Although the government has claimed a massive increase of 137 per cent in health allocation in Budget 2021, Congress leader P. Chidambaram lashed out at the Centre saying the figure was just a conjurer s trick. Chidambaram further said that the government had only marginally raised health funding, which when adjusted to inflation becomes nil.