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#UnionBudget2021 | This Budget recognises circumstances like never before, in view of calamities that have affected a country or a region within a country. But what we have endured with COVID-19 to 2020 is Sui generis: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

#UnionBudget2021 | Under #AtmaNirbharBharat FM #NirmalaSitharaman announces 27.1 lakh crore package which is equivalent to 13% of the GDP

#UnionBudget2021 | A new PM #AtmaNirbhar Swasthya Bharat Yojana will be launched. This will develop primary, secondary and tertiary care: #NirmalaSitharaman

#UnionBudget2021 | FM #NirmalaSitharaman announces a new #healthcare system scheme with an outlay of Rs 64,000 crore

#UnionBudget2021 | FM #NirmalaSitharaman proposes INR 2217 Cr to enable #CleanAir; will focus on 42 Urban cities with million+ population.

#UnionBudget2021 | The total budget outlay for healthcare is Rs 2.23 lakh crore; an increase of 137% from last year
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#UnionBudget2021 | Seven textile parks to come up over three years; Rs 1.97 trillion committed to the manufacturing sector over 5 years : FM @nsitharaman

#UnionBudget2021 | Rs 35,000 crore have been provided for the coronavirus vaccine in #UnionBudget2021 , with FM #NirmalaSitharaman committed to increase the funding

#UnionBudget2021 | Jal Jeevan Mission will be launched across all urban local bodies. Rs 2.87 lakh cr outlay for Jal Jeevan Mission over 5 years: FM
@nsitharaman

#UnionBudget2021 | Voluntary scrapping policy announced based on fitness test - 20 years in a personal vehicle and 15 years for the commercial vehicle: FM #NirmalaSitharaman

#UnionBudget2021 | We will also give Rs. 2 lakh crore to states and autonomous bodies for their capital expenditure: FM @nsitharaman

#UnionBudget2021 | Govt to build new economic corridors including 3500 national high-way in Tamil Nadu at an investment of ₹1.03 lakh cr

#UnionBudget2021 | Govt aims to complete 11,000km of national highway infrastructure this year which includes Kolkata-Siliguri corridor; 675 km of highway works announced in West Bengal at a cost of Rs 25,000 crore

#UnionBudget2021 | I propose around Rs. 1 lakh 7 thousand crore for capital expenditure of Indian Railways: FM
@nsitharaman

#UnionBudget2021 | Indian Railways have a National Rail Plan for 2030. Next lot of airports to be privatized in tier 2 and 3 towns and cities: FM #NirmalaSitharaman

#UnionBudget2021 | For 2021-22, I propose a sharp increase in Capital Expenditure & thus have provided Rs 5.54 lakh crores which is 34.5% more than the BE 2020-21: FM #NirmalaSitharaman

#UnionBudget2021 | FDI in insurance hiked to 74% from 49%

#UnionBudget2021 | In a first, Gas pipeline project to be taken up in the new UT of J&K

#UnionBudget2021 | In a major boost for #startup, FM #NirmalaSitharaman announces incorporation of one person company

#UnionBudget2021 | 2 Public Sector Bank and one General insurance company will come under disinvestment

#UnionBudget2021 | An asset management company (AMC) will set up to take stressed assets from financial entities for improving economic recovery. This is positive for banking sector, particularly PSU banks and stressed private banks

#UnionBudget2021 | 100 new Sainik Schools along with a Central University in Leh announced by FM #NirmalaSitharaman

#UnionBudget2021 | 43.36 lakh wheat growing farmers benefited from government procurement under MSP as against 35.57 lakh previously: FM #NirmalaSitharaman

#UnionBudget2021 | Four Indian astronauts being trained in Russia. First unmanned space mission to be launched in Decemebr 2021 : FM #NirmalaSitaraman

#UnionBudget2021 | Rs 3,678 crore allocated for Census 2021, the first ‘digital’ census exercise

#UnionBudget2021 | FY21 fiscal deficit pegged at 9.5% of GDP; FY22 fiscal deficit target at 6.8% of GDP

#UnionBudget2021 | Senior citizens above the age of 75 years need not file income tax returns: FM #NirmalaSitaraman

#UnionBudget2021 | or NRIs, Govt proposes to increase threshold for tax audit to Rs.10 crore vs Rs. 5crore (for those transacting 95% digitally): FM #NirmalaSitaraman