4-MIN READ Meet Nirmala Sitharaman's Team Behind Budget 2021 That Promises to Be 'Like Never Before' (For representation) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget 2021 on February 1. (REUTERS/Altaf Hussain) Sitharaman's team will navigate often competing, multiple demands from various sectors, citizens, and stakeholders to provide a probable balm in these Covid times. FOLLOW US ON: The Narendra Modi government will on Monday present perhaps its most important budget as the Indian economy recovers from an unprecedented global pandemic. Like the rest of the world, Covid-19 flat-lined the economy, with the first quarter witnessing the steepest contraction in independent India’s history. For the full year 2020-21, GDP is likely to witness the first contraction in four decades. Meet Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's team that will navigate often competing, multiple demands from various sectors, citizens, and stakeholders to provide a probable balm in these Covid times.