Budget 2021: Nirmala Sitharaman along with her staff gestures as she leaves the Finance Ministry.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is addressing parliament with details of the Union Budget 2021. Her budget speech comes after a difficult year for the economy due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which shut down businesses for months, leading to lost earnings, curtailed consumer spending and job cuts.
Budget 2021 will be paperless, another first as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman delivers her third budget. This morning, she was seen carrying a tablet in a red sleeve, matching her cream and red silk sari, with the national emblem embossed on it. Reports said the tablet was a "Made in India" device.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman poses for pictures as she leaves the Finance Ministry to present the annual budget in parliament.
Nirmala Sitharaman along with her staff poses as she leaves the Finance Ministry.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman meets President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, MoS Finance & Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur, and senior officials of the Ministry of Finance, meet President at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and MoS Finance & Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur arrive at the Parliament.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents Union Budget 2021-22.
