Explained | Why the Finance Minister wants to discontinue off-budget NSSF loans to Food Corporation of India Food Corporation of India has been the biggest recipient of off-budget financing through NSSF loans. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated in her Budget speech that the Centre would end this practice. Their extra-budgetary nature meant these borrowings did not figure in the fiscal deficit calculation and therefore did not paint an accurate picture of the economy Answer: Bhakra Dam (Image: Reuters) One of the key announcements by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her 2021-22 budget speech was that she would end the practice of extra-budgetary borrowing from the coming fiscal year onwards.