Budget 2021 Highlights: What's in it for startups SECTIONS Last Updated: Feb 01, 2021, 09:00 PM IST Share Synopsis Nirmala Sitharaman presented the much-anticipated Union Budget 2021-22 on Monday, aimed at boosting the pandemic-hit Indian economy. Here's a quick look at the key tech and startup highlights of her budget speech. ETtech Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the much-anticipated Union Budget 2021-22 on Monday, aimed at boosting the pandemic-hit Indian economy. The first budget of the decade was also India’s first paperless budget, with the finance minister replacing the Swadeshi 'bahi khata' with a Made in India tablet. “The preparation of this Budget was undertaken in circumstances like never before,” Sitharaman said at the start of her nearly two-hour budget speech.