Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has reached the North Block and she will be coming out for the photo opportunity. Nirmala will present the Union Budget 2022-23 in a paperless form for the second time on February 1.Nirmala will also meet the President of India Ramnath Kovind here at Rashtrapathi Bhavan and brief him on the Budget.
Earlier, the Union Budget of 2021-22 was delivered in paperless form for the first time. The budget will provide some relief for every sector.
The Assembly elections in UP are very crucial and there is every chance that the IT limit for the salaried class may go up from two and a half lakhs to three lakhs.
The Corporates are expected to get more relief apart from benefitting the farmers in a big way. The investment in infrastructure will go up significantly.
There are reports 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.
