This year, the Union Budget will be delivered in paperless form for the first time in India's independent history. All the Members of the Parliament will also get a soft copy of the budget

Budget 2021 expectations: Keeping in line with the recommendation of the Economic Survey, the government could go for allocation of around 2-2.25 per cent of the GDP for the healthcare sector

Healthcare service providers want the government to increase healthcare spending in this year's Budget and ramp up infrastructure in the sector

Budget Presentation today: Union Budget 2020-21 is a challenging one as Sitharaman has a mammoth task of managing to bring the economy back to pre-COVID levels and to tackle the curveballs thrown by the coronavirus crisis

While major changes in the income tax structure are unlikely, it is possible that the government may make some minor tweaks to provide relief

Nirmala Sitharaman is likely to increase spending by more than 15% year-on-year in 2021-22 with an emphasis on infrastructure and healthcare, say senior officials and advisers involved in budget preparation

Union Budget 2021: A joint committee of textile industry bodies has asked for government's intervention in removing anti-dumping duty on VSF

Sensex, Nifty Highlights on Budget day, February 1: Almost all the sectors closed in green territory today, rising in the range of 3-6%, except for pharma index

Union Budget 2021: It is anticipated that the government may roll out its ambitious DBT for fertiliser, offering direct subsidy transfer into the accounts of farmers. Timely release of the additional allocation for the fertiliser will enable clearance of the subsidy backlog

Union Budget 2021: Studies have reported that there's a huge shortage of doctors, nurses, and medical beds in India. In 2019, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey said there is one doctor for every 1,457 people as per the country's current population (1.35 billion)

Union Budget 2021: Last year, the government had announced a slew of other measures for salaried class when the coronavirus outbreak began in the country. For instance, the Centre decided to pay 24 per cent to EPF account of employees till August 2020 for establishments with up to 100 employees

Budget 2021 expectations: One in a slew of suggestions focussing on senior citizens is to make the Senior Citizens Savings Scheme (SCSS) fully tax-free

The finance minister is being assisted by a team of advisers and secretaries in making Union Budget 2021 tasked with the mission to pull the economy from the deep abyss

Union Budget 2021 Highlights: Congress leader P. Chidambaram said that the government had only marginally raised health funding, which when adjusted to inflation becomes nil

Budget 2021: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already indicated that Budget 2021 is part of a series of four-five \"mini-budgets'' presented in the form of economic packages last year. So what should you expect from this year's budget?

Budget 2021: Economic Survey 2020-21 says Centre is likely to miss fiscal deficit target for year. Centre is expected to set a higher fiscal deficit target for 2021-22. FM may also announce measures to boost domestic manufacturing and exports, and create jobs

India has no data on jobs lost and businesses shut; no estimate of how many would have slipped into poverty or how income, health and education inequalities would have risen due to the pandemic. How will the Budget 2021 allocate resources appropriately to revive growth and bring development?

For people to benefit, the budget needs overhauling to create jobs; revive small businesses; address poverty and health and education deprivations. Pursuing the existing paradigm of growth may push GDP and stock markets up without improving the living standards of the vast majority

Considering the current inadequate infrastructure in healthcare segments, there is a larger expectation that budget allocation to healthcare would be around 2% to 2.25% of the GDP

We must complement our government also in its efforts towards getting the country in putting the plan for vaccination together and now in the rollout, says AstraZeneca Pharma India MD Gagan Singh