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TopicBudget 2021

Topic: Budget 2021

Budget unveils scheme for setting up 7 mega textile parks in 3 years

So far, 59 textile parks have been sanctioned under the scheme for integrated textile parks, out of which 22 have been completed.

Nirmala Sitharaman reads out speech from tablet as Budget goes paperless

The Budget for 2021-22 is paperless instead of the conventional paper document. It will be available to parliamentarians and the public online.

137% hike in health & wellness budget, new PM Atmanirbhar Swasth Bharat scheme announced

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announces Rs 2,23,846 crore allocation for health, urban sanitation, water supply & air pollution mitigation in Budget 2021.

Nirmala Sitharaman hikes capital expenditure for FY 2021-22 by 34.5% to Rs 5.5 lakh crore

The government's planned capital expenditure for the current fiscal has been increased to Rs 4.39 lakh crore, as against the Budgeted Rs 4.12 lakh crore.

Nirmala Sitharaman announces Rs 2.87 lakh-crore outlay for Jal Jeevan mission

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman further said Swachh Bharat 2.0 will be implemented with an outlay of Rs 1,41,678 crore over a period of five years.

Govt announces Rs 18,000 crore scheme for public transport in urban areas

In the first paperless Union Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said there will be 100% electrification of broad gauge rail tracks by December 2023.

Budget 2021 must support MSMEs, farmers, give employment boost, says Rahul Gandhi

The Congress leader also demanded an increase in healthcare budget and hike in defence expenditure to safeguard the country's borders.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman meets President Kovind before presenting Budget 2021

Deviating from tradition due to Covid-19 protocols, Budget copies will be uploaded to the govt website and app instead of being printed out.

Aman Chopra says Hamid Ansari quit Zee interview over ‘secular’ questions, NDTV’s budget hopes

A quick take on what prime time TV news talked about.

Sensex surges over 443 points in opening trade ahead of Budget 2021

The 30-share Sensex was trading higher by 443.06 points or 0.96 per cent at 46,728.83; and the broader Nifty was up 114.85 points or 0.84 per cent at 13,749.45.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.