This Article is From Feb 01, 2021

Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget 2021 Speech: Full Text

The Finance Minister announced Rs 35,000 crore for COVID-19 vaccines, announcing that two more vaccines were likely this year, apart from Bharat Biotech's Covaxin and Serum Institute's Covishield.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sithraman presented the Budget 2021 in Parliament.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sithraman presented the Budget 2021 in Parliament. Ms Sitharaman said the Budget was prepared in circumstances -like never before- and that the government was fully prepared to back and facilitate a reset of the economy. According to her, the total impact of Atmanirbhar Bharat and Covid relief measures was Rs. 27.1 lakh crore, which amounts to 13 per cent of the GDP.

Here is the full text of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget speech:

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