With just a few days to go for India's Union Budget 2021, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to unveil plans to boost economic growth. In Union Budget 2021, corporates and industry lobby groups expect the government to announce greater spending on healthcare and infrastructure, as well as tax breaks for the automotive, manufacturing and tourism industries, reeling from the coronavirus crisis.

Union Budget 2021: What Indian corporates, economists and market experts expect

Having fired up hopes for populist measures with talk of delivering a "budget like never before", Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will need to find credible sources for additional revenue for boosting the economy.

Union Budget 2021: Government needs credible sources for additional revenue to boost economy

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Budget session of Parliament will begin on January 29 with all COVID-related protocols including the shift system will be followed.

Budget session of Parliament: Key dates, Covid-19 protocol & more

For the first time in independent India, the Union Budget 2021 is going to be completely paperless due to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead of hard copies, soft copies of the budget will be provided to all members of the parliament.

Union Budget 2021 goes paperless; hard copies not to be printed for first time in history

The Government of India has decided that the Union Budget 2021, slated to be presented on February 1, is going to be completely paperless in the wake of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

In a first, Finance Ministry to present paperless Budget 2021

India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that the country has enough capacity to produce COVID-19 vaccines for its needs and also export it to other countries that need its help.

India has enough capacity to produce COVID-19 vaccines for itself and others: Nirmala Sitharaman

India's economy will return to growth in 2021/22 and higher spending in the budget due in February will lay the foundations for even stronger growth in the next four to five years, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told Reuters on Thursday.

India's next budget to focus on boosting growth, says finance minister

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is addressed a press conference during which the FM announced more stimulus to boost the Coronavirus-hit economy. FM announces Atmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana for formal sector.

WION Dispatch: Finance Minister announces more stimulus to boost 'COVID-hit' economy

Indian Finance Minister Sitharaman on Monday announced Rupees 12,000 crore interest-free 50-year loan to states for spending on capital projects.

Indian Finance Minister Sitharaman announces Rs12,000 crore interest-free 50-year loan to states

Finance Ministery today launched new job scheme called Atma Nirbhar Rozgar Yojana to create jobs in the country. The new scheme will be effective from October 1, 2020.

Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana: FM announces measures to boost employment

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the International Monetary Fund's debt restructuring programme should aim at helping the countries overcome the fiscal stress caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

IMF's debt restructuring should help countries overcome fiscal stress: Nirmala Sitharaman

India on Monday announced steps to stimulate consumer demand, including advance payment of a part of the wages of federal government employees during the festival season and more capital spending as it tries to bolster the pandemic-hit economy.

India announces economic stimulus to boost demand by $10 billion

Finance Minister Sitharaman on Monday announced Rupees 12,000 crore interest-free 50-year loan to states for spending on capital projects. The initiative will bolster the pandemic-hit Indian economy by creating a consumer demand of about 280 billion rupees ($3.

Finance Minister Sitharaman announces Rs12,000 crore interest-free 50-year loan to states

Union Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday praised the efforts of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) for fast-tracking financial assistance of about USD 10 billion to its member countries including India to combat COVID-19 pandemic.

Sitharaman praises AIIB for fast-tracking financial aid to combat COVID-19

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday there was nothing wrong in imports to spur growth but wondered why even Ganesha idols should be bought from China.

'Why even Ganesha idols are imported from China?', asks Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday briefed the media ahead of the launch of the Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyan by the Prime Minister. Finance Minister said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan on June 20.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman shares details of Rs 50,000-crore public work scheme for migrants

Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced the third tranche of the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan economic package of Rs 20 lakh crore.

Highlights from Nirmala Sitharaman's third press briefing on economic package

India's economic growth dropped to 4.2% in the last financial year. The Coronavirus Outbreak could lead to India's deepest recession. What are the challenges for the Indian government? What can the government do for the salaried class? Do Indian companies face a threat of hostile takeovers? WION's Palki gets you an exclusive conversation with India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

Exclusive: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on India's economic challenges | WION Straight Talk

India's finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman while speaking exclusively to WION's Executive Editor Palki Sharma said that the coronavirus pandemic has triggered multiple challenges in India.

Our first priority was to save lives, only approach available was the lockdown: Nirmala Sitharaman to WION

India's finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman while speaking to WION's Executive Editor Palki Sharma said "Our macroeconomic fundamentals are strong, we were are able to face the lockdown due to strong fundamentals.

Our Budget estimates will have to be relooked, says Sitharaman to WION

India had started to see green shoots, before the coronavirus pandemic hit in February, Union Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman said even as India's economy grew at its slowest pace in at least eight years in the January-March quarter.

India had started to see green shoots before coronavirus hit: FM Sitharaman to WION

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said a new "coherent" public sector enterprises policy will be formulated that will define strategic sectors which will have not more than four PSUs.

Government to privatise non-strategic PSUs: Finance minister

In a major development announced by FM, the government will now allocate an additional Rs 40,000 crores to MGNREGS to provide employment boost.

FM'S Economic package: 'MGNREGA budget hiked by Rs 4000 crore'