Budget 2021: Focus On Healthcare, Infrastructure

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Budget 2021, which was aimed at reviving an economy badly hit by the coronavirus pandemic. She said the country's healthcare spending would be doubled to Rs 2,23,846 crore and added that Rs 35,000 crore would be spent on Covid vaccines. The government also announced infrastructure projects in states like Bengal and Assam, where polls are due by May. 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.