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Rajya Sabha adjourned briefly amid Opposition uproar over Insurance Amendment Bill
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman moved a bill in the Upper House to consider for further amendment of the Insurance Act 1938
Nationwide bank strike continues to impact PSB services on Day 2
Government transactions related to treasury as well as business transactions will also be impacted
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
Govt to bring amendments to two Acts to enable privatisation of PSU banks
Finance Minister announced privatisation of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) as part of disinvestment drive to garner Rs 1.75 lakh crore
Aakar Patel | Vital areas in kids’ health left ignored in Budget 2021
Poshan Abhiyan, the flagship programme meant to improve nutritional outcomes by 2022, was also damaged
FM slams critics who saw Budget tilting to ‘cronies’
Calls Rahul ‘doomsday man of India’
Budget will ensure long-term and sustainable economic growth: Finance Minister
She also said that Budget was an instrument for promoting Atma Nirbhar Bharat when economies across the world had suffered due to Covid-19
AA Edit | To save public money, start to disinvest fast
This move reaffirms the government’s intent, announced last year, to exit all non-strategic sectors
Mohan Guruswamy | No new taxes? Budget’s Mahabharata lessons
Even in a much smaller economy like India, in the ultimate analysis it’s the state of the economy that determines political longevity
Budget 2021: India opens purse strings
The Budget also focused broadly on vaccines, nutrition, infrastructure, education and farmers