Budget 2021 Highlights: Focus On Health, Farmers, Polls, Relief For Seniors Above 75 In The Budget Presented By Nirmala Sitharaman

Team Latestly Feb 01, 2021 07:32 PM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman On February 1 Presented The Crucial Budget 2021 In The Lok Sabha Amid The Novel COVID-19 Pandemic. She proposed more than doubling the healthcare spending to Rs 2.2 lakh crore; of which 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. Sitharaman expanded the National Infrastructure Pipeline to cover 7,400 projects by 2025. Finance Minister announced that senior citizens above 75 years of age with only one pension & interest scheme are exempted from filing income tax returns. Watch the video to know more.

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