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Budget: Focus On Health, Farmers, Polls; Relief For Seniors Above 75

FDI in insurance sector increased from 49 per cent to 74 per cent IPO for Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) this year, said Nirmala Sitharam Rs 35,000 crore announced for Covid vaccines

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Budget: Nirmala Sitharaman said the budget preparation was undertaken in circumstances like never before.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday proposed more than doubling the healthcare spending to Rs 2.2 lakh crore. Out of this, an amount of Rs 35,000 crore has been allocated for developing Covid-19 vaccines. The government has increased capital expenditure by around 34 per cent to Rs 5.54 lakh crore in an attempt to nurse the country's economy back to health. Budget 2021 provided every opportunity for the economy to capture...
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