TamilFM to present paperless budget on 1 Feb
28 January 2022, 12:27 pm
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget 2022-23 in a paperless form for the second time February 1. Earlier, the Union Budget of 2021-22 was delivered in paperless form for the first time.
Amid the Covid pandemic in the country, the customary ‘Halwa ceremony’ before the commencement of the Budget Session of the Parliament on February 1, will not take place for the first time keeping the health and safety concerns of people and instead sweets will be provided to the core staff due to undergoing lock-in at their workplaces.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget 2022-23 in a paperless form for the second time on February 1. Earlier, the Union Budget of 2021-22 was delivered in paperless form for the first time.
It is worth mentioning that more than 400 staff of Parliament were tested Covid positive in the first week of January. Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu had reviewed the situation and directed that necessary measures be taken to contain the spread of the virus among the Secretariat officials and staff.
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