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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lok Sabha during Budget Session of Parliament. (Photo: PTI)

Karan Thapar | Decoding the numbers: What the FM didn't say

When you dig into details and ponder over the implications, the Budget feels rather different to what you've heard

19 Feb 2021 4:51 AM IST

Moving towards use of renewable energy to meet Indias energy requirements is one of the priorities of this Budget. (Photo: AFP)

Budget 2021 puts green recovery at the centre of policy framework

The Budget has a long-term vision for this decade on environmental sustainability

18 Feb 2021 4:49 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks during the post-budget press conference, at National Media Centre in New Delhi, Monday, February. 1, 2021. (PTI/Arun Sharma)

Budget will ensure long-term and sustainable economic growth: Finance...

She also said that Budget was an instrument for promoting Atma Nirbhar Bharat when economies across the world had...

13 Feb 2021 1:26 AM IST

Amidst a global pandemic, Indias overall allocation for health and well-being increased by 137 per cent in the financial year 2021-22, thus boosting the capacity of the healthcare system to detect and cure new diseases. (Photo: AFP)

Tarun Chugh | A Budget of aspirations, self-reliance

One of the most crucial announcements in the Budget was with regard to infrastructure development projects, across...

12 Feb 2021 4:17 AM IST

The government says it has aimed making India a $5 trillion economy by 2025. That cannot happen based only on the performance of the biggies. It will be unwise on the part of the government to put all its eggs in the trickle-down theory basket and ignore the small players. (Photo:PTI)

AA Edit | Largesse for poll' states, MSMEs get short shrift

However, two sins of the budget one of commission and the other of omission have struck that jarring note

3 Feb 2021 4:37 AM IST