Here’s how the budget impacts the pocket of the common man.
- BUDGET: Full coverage
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her third Budget in Parliament on February 1, 2021.
Union Budget 2021-22, touted as the most important budget in decades, came at a time when India is reeling under the Covid-19 induced economic crisis and could be a ‘game changer’ that may pave the way for the revival of the Indian economy.
Here is a look at what has become cheaper and what has become expensive in the Budget:
CHEAPER
– Iron
– Steel
– Nylon clothes
– Copper items
– Insurance
– Shoes
– Naptha
– Agricultural equipment
COSTLIER
– Mobile phones
– Chargers
– Power banks
– Imported raw silk
– Solar inverters
– Solar Lanterns
– Leather items
– Gold & Silver
– Gemstones
– Tunnel boring machines
– Apples, Peas, Kabuli Chana, Bengal Gram/Chick peas, Lentil
– Urea
– Auto parts
- Union Budget 2021
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