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Union Budget 2021 Live Updates: Nirmala Sitharaman to address press conference at 3 pm

Union Budget 2021 Live Updates: Earlier the Minister of Finance, Nirmala Sitharama had met the president Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan and assured that the budget of 2021-22 is 'nothing like before'

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Union Budget 2021 Live Updates: Finance Minister reaches Parliament to present ‘Nothing like before’

Union Budget 2021 Live Updates:

Union Finance Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman will address post-Budget Press Conference today at 3 PM at National Media Centre, New Delhi.


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Sitharaman again opts for ”Bahi-Khata” for Budget

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday used her trademark ”Bahi-Khata”, a ledger wrapped in a red-coloured cloth, to carry Budget documents as she arrived in Parliament House to present her third straight Budget.

Sitharaman, India”s first full-time woman Finance Minister, had in July 2019 ditched the colonial legacy of a Budget Briefcase for the traditional Bahi-Khata to carry Union Budget Papers. She used the same last year and again on Monday.

Her budget for fiscal year beginning April 2021 (FY 2021-22) is Modi government”s 9th straight budget since 2014 (including one interim budget presented ahead of general elections in 2019).

She was appointed Finance Minister when Modi swept to power again in the 2019 election, and presented her maiden budget on July 5, 2019. She used a red-cloth folder enclosed with a string and emblazoned with the national emblem to carry the Budget documents.


Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is all set to present the next budget for the year 2021 in the Lok Sabha today, as she and MoS finance Anurag Thakur have reached the parliament, along with Prime minister Narendra Modi being present for the Union Budget presentation 2021-22, the meeting is going to start any minute now.

Earlier the Minister of Finance, Nirmala Sitharama had met the president Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan and assured that the budget of 2021-22 is ‘nothing like before’. Well, its time to combat the covid-19 virus and get the economy back to what it was, so yes, the budget has to be ‘like nothing before’.

This time it is expected that the budget 2021-22 will be transformational and bring out the best of best changes with measures in health care, job creation, and help in increasing the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) India Inc.

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