New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is presenting the General Budget 2021 today. Instead of briefcases and bookkeeping, she is presenting the budget from the tablet. Slogans are being raised during the speech of the Finance Minister in Parliament. This is the first budget after the Coronation period. Let us know that ordinary people have a lot of expectations from this budget.
In the budget speech, the first major announcement by Finance Minister Sitharaman, announced a health scheme of Rs 64,180 crore.
The Finance Minister said that if the lockdown was not imposed, the situation in the country would have been worse. She said that opportunities are being found in the economy now in disaster. Regarding the vaccine, she said that two vaccines have been made available in the country, while two more new vaccines may come soon.
The Finance Minister said that the government is giving a lot of emphasis in the health sector. Emphasis is being placed on prevention, treatment and research for better health facilities. For this, attention is also being paid to infrastructure.
The Finance Minister stressed on self-reliant India and said that this ideology is going on from ancient India and it is the idea of every Indian. She said that under this, the focus is on good governance, education for all, women empowerment, employment for youth and taking steps towards development of all together.
Finance Minister is presenting the budget amidst uproar in the Lok Sabha. She said that the government took several major relief measures in the middle of Corona, under which several self-sufficient packages were announced.
