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The Maharashtra government has approved the pending Pune- Nashik railway project in annual budget 2021-22

Commerce Secretary Anup Wadhawan says that it envisages several initiatives and areas of focus, aimed at enhancing India's overall competitiveness and manufacturing capacities, which would enable growth, diversification and technological enhancement of India's exports
 

A new central university will be set up in Leh, as announced by Nirmala Sitharaman

The Budget 2021 proposals rest on six pillars —health & well-being, physical & financial capital & infrastructure, inclusive development for aspirational India, reinvigorating human capital, innovation & research & development, minimum government and maximum governance 
 

Sitharaman said that the plan of the government is to create a future-ready Railways system by 2030, while presenting the Union Budget 2021-22
 

‘During the lockdown last year, PM Modi announced the Pradhan Mantri Gareeb Kalyan Yojna worth 2.76 lakh crore for the poor and the needy,’ Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said
 

Even as Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her budget, she did not miss out on mentioning the phenomenal performance of the Indian cricket team in Australia, who won the test series 2-1
 

The government will introduce the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development Bill, 2021 in the current Budget session
 

Health spending is on top of the government’s agenda as it hopes to make it 4% of GDP in the next 4 years

Union minister of finance Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled the ‘Union Budget Mobile App’ for hassle-free access of the budget by the Parliamentarians

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday promised a "never before" like Union Budget as the government looks to steer the pandemic-battered economy and push growth
 

News has emerged that Manmohan Singh, when he was the finance minister in the year 1991, had tried to allocate funds of Rs 100 crore to the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation 
 

Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu said the Rajya Sabha held 5,472 sittings and passed 3,857 Bills till the Budget Session this year, even as it asserted its independence on some occasions.

Seven members of the Congress have been suspended by the remainder of the Budget Session owing to their misdemeanour

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that she is willing to accommodate feedback given by economists and industry experts while making changes in the Union Budget proposals for 2020-21.