Union Budget 2021 Watch Live: MoF Nirmala Sitharaman presenting Union Budget 2021-22 in Parliament

Live: Finance Minister Sitharaman, MoS Finance & Corporate Affairs Anurag Thakur have arrived at the Parliament after meeting the President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. 

Earlier ahead of the Union budget 2021, the Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman and MoS Finance along with other senior officials of the Ministry of Finance were called on President Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan before presenting the Union Budget 2021-22.

With the Union Budget 2021 set to be delivered in paperless form for the first time, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman replaced the Swadeshi 'bahi khata' and switched to a tablet. The Finance Minister was seen carrying a tablet kept inside a red-colored cover with a golden colored national emblem embossed on it, News Agency ANI reported.

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MoS Finance Anurag Thakur and other officials from her ministry, Sitharaman after meeting President Ram Nath Kovind to present the budget at 11 am Today. In 2019, Sitharaman carrying budget documents in a leather briefcase and went swadeshi with 'bahi-khata', represented the budget.