No Fiscal Penny-Pinching; Policy Corroboration, Focus On Healthcare And Infrastructure â Budget 2021 Hits The Right Notes by Aashish Chandorkar - Feb 1, 2021 03:01 PM Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Snapshot Budget 2021 sets the direction for an Atmanirbhar Bharat â focus on human capital and physical infrastructure. Indian Union Budgets have largely become an event to check for negative surprises in the last few years â the broader policy making happens round the year and is no longer dependent on the Budget day. In a tough year when the world battled a once in a lifetime pandemic and continued uncertainty ahead on geopolitical as well as economic front, the budget expectations were largely negative.