The Union Budget going digital in 2021, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman replaces the Swadesh Bahi Khata with a tablet. This is the first time the Union Budget will be paperless.
The Finance Minister was seen carrying a red-colored cover with a Golden colored national emblem on it. The tablet was placed in this red colored cover. She was accompanied by MoS Finance Anurag Thakur and other officials from the Finance Ministry. She is supposed to meet the President before Presenting the budget.
The Union Budget of 2021 is supposed to be one of the significant budgets as this comes after the extended Covid-19 pandemic. The Finance Minister has launched the “Union Budget Mobile App” to access the Budget documents by all the Members of Parliament (MPs) and the general.